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Aunjanue Ellis Is Nobody’s Second Fiddle

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Lexy Perez
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Acclaimed actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor breaks out of supporting roles to tackle powerful lead parts that shed light on the unsung stories of Black Americans.
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  • Ellis-Taylor has earned her first Oscar nomination for her role as Venus and Serena Williams' mother in 'King Richard', cementing her status as a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood.
  • Her latest project, 'Nickel Boys', is an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's acclaimed novel about the horrific abuses that took place at a segregated reform school in 1960s Florida, with Ellis-Taylor playing the grandmother of a young Black teen enduring the trauma.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jamie Foxx, Yusef Salaam, Will Smith, Ethan Herisse, Patrick Stewart, Scott Eastwood, Colin Hanks, Tougaloo, Brown, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Amazon, MGM, Orion Pictures, Men of Honor, Ray, When They See Us, King Richard, Nickel Boys, The Tempest, Girls Town, I Love You Phillip Morris, The Taking of Pelham 123, The Resident, The Help, The Deliverance, Liz Here Now, Lucky Strike
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