Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor gives an award-worthy performance in "Nickel Boys." She got an Oscar nomination for King Richard," but ...

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 ...

Keke Palmer, Giancarlo Esposito, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Aaron Pierre and Marla Gibbs — the ceremony, presented by Nice Crowd, ...

The director RaMell Ross narrates a sequence from his film, which is shot from the point of view of its characters. The movie is nominated for best picture.

By Brande Victorian Behind every great man, as the old, outdated expression goes, there’s a great woman — and there’s a pretty decent chance she’s been played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

Talk about a surprise. When Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (who has been acting professionally since her debut as Ariel in 1995’s Broadway revival of “The Tempest” opposite Patrick Stewart ...

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on holding back emotion, justice in ‘Nickel Boys’, and her family’s connection to the Jim Crow South Entertainment Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on holding back emotion, justice in ...

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is happy to acknowledge that, since emerging from university in the mid-1990s, she has rarely been short of work. It says here that her first professional gig was playing ...

For Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, an Oscar nominee as the mother of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in “King Richard,” that was unexpected. Yet, Ellis-Taylor, 54, revealed in a Zoom ...

The school closed in 2011. The actor who delivers the hug is Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. She earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in “King Richard” (2021) and a Primetime Emmy nod for ...

The 'Nickel Boys' actress specializes in supporting roles that steal the spotlight: “If we only know the figurehead and we don’t know the women who were doing the groundwork, it’s not the full truth.” ...

Ellis-Taylor and Esposito will accept ABFF ... “It’s a privilege to honor Aunjanue, Giancarlo and Keke for their extraordinary contributions to both the industry and our shared culture.” ...