Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor shares her profound connection to D. Danyelle Thomas’ book “The Day God Saw Me as Black.” ...

Ellis-Taylor will write and Jagger will produce the movie about Tharpe, known as “the godmother of rock and roll,” a trailblazing gospel guitarist and singe ...

In the Oscar-nominated film "Nickel Boys," the warm embrace from Hattie (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) radiates from the screen, pulling the viewer deeper into the heart-wrenching story. Hattie is the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Live Nation Productions has tapped Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys) to pen a feature centered on ...

As an actor, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has never regarded the camera as her ally. “I’ve always felt like it was an enemy, because it feels intrusive,” says Ellis-Taylor, folding her legs under ...

The "Nickel Boys" star is always going to speak up: about injustices in the world, representation in Hollywood, and the awards season snub that still stings. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor didn't intend to ...

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was raised in McComb, Mississippi, a one-time battleground in the struggle for civil rights, and says she carried a lot of the pain her maternal forebears endured.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor enjoyed a surprise early birthday celebration at the 2025 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors ceremony on Monday night — complete with a cake, sparkling candles and ...

"The reality is most things that I've done, I rarely talk to women on screen. And it gets a little tired." Sanaa Lathan, Aunjanue Ellis, and Uzo Aduba in SUPREMES AT EARL'S-ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has been tapped by Live Nation Productions to write an upcoming feature about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, ...