Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Taylor is an American actor and producer who is best known for the roles she performed as the character of Ray Undercover Brother, The Mentalist as well as the TV series The Mentalist. She graduated with a BA from Brown University in African-American Studies. In the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University she earned an MFA. Aunjanue was born in the United States and is an American actor as well as a producer and director. She works in television and film. The actress Aunjanue. Ellis began acting in theatre. Then, she appeared in television series in independent as well as mainstream film. She was known for appearing as Miranda Shaw (ABC's Quantico) and on BET's epic The Book of Negroes. Both series received major critical acclaim, but she also received a number of awards. In 1995, she appeared in her first performance on stage in The Tempest as Ariel. Alongside Broadway's Come and Gone, she has also been featured in Drowning Crow and Seeking the Genesis. In her film career she is most famous for parts like Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. On television, her part in the ABC's crime drama High Incident is well known.