Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Taylor is an American actor and producer who is best famous for the roles she performed on the television series Ray Undercover Brother, The Mentalist as well as the TV series The Mentalist. She earned an undergraduate degree in African-American Studies at Brown University, and a Master in acting at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Aunjanue Ellis. Ellis is an American actor and producer. She is involved in the world of film and on television. She began acting on stage and went onto appear in mainstream, independent, and TV series. She came to prominence as Miranda Shaw on ABC's Quantico and appeared on the epic BET series The Book of Negroes for which she received not just high praise but also received a host of awards and nominations including the Television Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Film. In 1995 she appeared in her first performance in The Tempest as Ariel. She's appeared on Broadway in Come and Gone, A Winter's Tale, Drowning Crow as well as Seeking the Genesis. In the film industry, she's best known for performances such as Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. In her television work, she's received praise for her role in the role of a character who is a regular on ABC's police drama High Incident.