Why Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Rejects 'Hollywood Hooey' and Still …
Dec 12, 2024 · The Color Purple Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Says Movie Musical Sanitized 'Story About Black Lesbians'
Mississippi's Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor says 'Nickel Boys' is a present ...
Jan 2, 2025 · Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, a Mississippi native, talks about her work on "Nickel Boys," says story isn't just history for living men, communities.
Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor honored to serve as ‘vessel for art’ …
1 day ago · As soon as Academy Award-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor saw the work of filmmaker RaMell Ross, she knew she wanted to experience what it was like to work with the visionary director ...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on 'Nickel Boys,' Awards Season - Variety
Dec 10, 2024 · ‘Nickel Boys’ Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Experiencing the Most Prolific Year of Her Career and Why She Likes Playing ‘Inconvenient Women’
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Says She 'Doesn't Care' About the Black
Dec 20, 2024 · Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who plays Elwood's grandmother and primary caregiver Hattie, is aware that, in recent years, Black viewers have become more vocal about their aversions to Black trauma...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Signs With CAA (Exclusive) - The …
Nov 19, 2024 · Ellis-Taylor will be honored with the Social Impact Award for her advocacy for social justice as the founder and CEO of Miss Myrtis Films and co-founder of Take it Down America at the upcoming...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor On ‘Nickel Boys,’ And Roles She Won’t Take ...
Dec 17, 2024 · Here Ellis-Taylor talks about working with emerging filmmakers and who she’s got her eye on next as well her push for roles and projects that center Black women.
In 'Origin,' Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor seek the …
Jan 23, 2024 · DuVernay, who wrote the script, centers it on Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor), following the author while she researches the book and navigates her own personal joys and tragedies. The film takes a heavyweight work of historical and sociological inquiry and transforms it into a deeply humanistic drama and a globe-trotting detective story.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on ‘Nickel Boys’ and Southern Living - The …
Jan 10, 2025 · After the news of Nickel Boys’s two Oscar nominations (Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay), we’re revisiting this interview with Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, which was originally published on January 10, 2025. “You come here and see this view and you think, Yeah, this is my life,” says Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.“Then you have to say, No, it’s not really.”
Get a Hug From Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in ‘Nickel Boys’
3 days ago · The scene primarily involves the character Hattie (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor), who has come to visit her grandson, Elwood, at the reform school Nickel Academy, where the boy has been sent unjustly.