# List of awards and nominations received by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
A popular actress in numerous US television series and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Ellis gained international notoriety by starring in the film Ray (2004) directed by Taylor Hackford, for which she was nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Later Ellis acted in several television critical acclaimed television series, including E-Ring, Justice, True Blood and The Mentalist.
After being cast in Academy Awards nominated film The Help, Ellis played Ann Pettway in television film Abducted: The Carlina White Story, winning the Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series. In 2014, she played the lead role in the film Of Mind and Music, receiving critical acclaim winning the American Black Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
In 2016, after taking part in Nate Parker's film The Birth of a Nation, Ellis starred in the drama miniseries The Book of Negroes. Her role was critically acclaimed, earning her nominations at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, NAACP Image Awards and Satellite Awards for Best Actress, winning the Canadian Screen Awards in the same category. Following Ellis starred in Barry Jenkins' Academy Awards-nominated film If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), receiving critical acclaim for her performance with the cast.
In 2019 Ellis played as Sharonne Salaam in the miniseries When They See Us, earning a nomination at Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In 2020 she starred as Mattie Moss Clark in television film The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel and as Hippolyta Freeman in HBO serie Lovecraft Country, being nominated at the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
In 2021 Ellis starred as Oracene "Brandy" Price critically acclaimed film King Richard, role that earned her her first nominations at the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and at the Golden Globe Award in the same category. Ellis was also awarded by the National Board of Review for Best Supporting Actress. Between 2023 and 2024 she acted as lead actress on Ava DuVernay film Origin and figures on the cast of the second film adaptation of The Color Purple, reveiving a nomination with the cast at the Screen Actors Guild Award and being honored at the Celebration of Cinema and Television.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | King Richard | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | |

### Critics' Choice Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result |
| Film |||||
| 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2024 | The Color Purple | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
| 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Television |||||
| 2016 | The Book of Negroes | Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Nominated |
| 2024 | Justified: City Primeval | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated | |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Lovecraft Country | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result |
| 2005 | Ray | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2021 | Lovecraft Country | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2022 | King Richard | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2024 | The Color Purple | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |

## Other awards
### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result |
| 2003 | Undercover Brother | Outstanding Actress, Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2013 | Abducted: The Carlina White Story | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Won |
| 2016 | The Book of Negroes | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Nominated |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Nominated |
| 2021 | Lovecraft Country | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2022 | King Richard | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Motion Picture | Won |
| 2024 | Origin | Outstanding Lead Performance | Nominated |
| 2024 | Justified: City Primeval | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2025 | Exhibiting Forgiveness | Outstanding Supporting Performance | Nominated |
| 2025 | Nickel Boys | Outstanding Supporting Performance | Nominated |

### Canadian Screen Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | The Book of Negroes | Best Actress on Television | Won | |

### Gotham Independent Film Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Origin | Outstanding Lead Performance | Nominated | |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result |
| 2001 | Men of Honor | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2010 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Book of Negroes | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 2020 | When They See Us | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 2021 | The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| 2021 | Lovecraft Country | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2022 | King Richard | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2024 | Origin | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2024 | The Color Purple | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Won |
| 2025 | Exhibiting Forgiveness | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2025 | Nickel Boys | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |

### National Board of Review

| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Work | Category | Result |
| 2018 | The Book of Negroes | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2020 | When They See Us | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated |

## Critics awards

| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2024 | Origin | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2024 | The Color Purple | Best Ensemble | Won | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2020 | When They See Us | Best Ensemble | Won | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2024 | Origin | Best Actress | Won | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2024 | The Color Purple | Best Ensemble | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| American Black Film Festival | 2015 | Of Mind and Music | Best Actress | Won | |
| Astra Film and Creative Awards | 2024 | The Color Purple | Best Ensemble | Won | |
| Astra Film and Creative Awards | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Black Film Critics Circle | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| Celebration of Cinema and Television | 2023 | The Color Purple | Ensemble Award – Film | Won | |
| Celebration of Cinema and Television | 2024 | — | Social Impact Award | Won | |
| Chicago Indie Critics | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Columbus Film Critics Association | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Columbus Film Critics Association | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Performance | Nominated | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Denver Film Society | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| DiscussingFilm Critics Awards | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| DiscussingFilm Critics Awards | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | 2024 | The Color Purple | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Gracie Awards | 2016 | The Book of Negroes | Outstanding Female in a Leading Role, TV Movie/Limited Series | Won | |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2022 | — | Inspire Award | Won | |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2023 | The Color Purple | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up | |
| Newport Beach Film Festival | 2015 | Of Mind and Music | Best Actress | Won | |
| North Carolina Film Critics Association | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 2024 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2025 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2022 | King Richard | Ensemble Performance Award | Won | |
| SCAD Savannah Film Festival | 2021 | — | Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award | Won | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2022 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2024 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2021 | King Richard | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2023 | Origin | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2024 | Nickel Boys | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2023 | Origin | Best Actress | Nominated | |