Aunjanue Ellis Biography

Aunjanue L. Ellis (first name pronounced on-zsa-new; born February 21 1969) is an American actress known for her roles in Ray in Undercover Brother The Mentalist and The Help.
Ellis was born in San Francisco California and raised on her grandmother's farm in Mississippi. She attended Tougaloo College before transferring to Brown University where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in African-American studies while also studying acting with Jim Barnhill and John Emigh. She went on to study acting in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
In 1995 she appeared as Ariel opposite Patrick Stewart's Prospero in a Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
In January 2004 she performed in Regina Taylor's play Drowning Crow at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
In the Spring 2012 Hampton University semester she was going to be teaching entertainment industry courses. She will also be featured in a Hampton Players and Company production Through the Crack.

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