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Oscar nominated actress and #TamFam favorite Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor returns to the show to talk about the highly anticipated Ava DuVernay-directed film “Origi...
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Jan 22, 2024 · Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘The Ship Has Sailed’ for ‘Origin’ Oscar Campaign but ‘It’s the People’s Movie’. Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, but “ Origin ” star ...
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.
Jan 22, 2024 · Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘The Ship Has Sailed’ for ‘Origin’ Oscar Campaign but ‘It’s the People’s Movie’. Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, but “ Origin ” star ...
Mar 7, 2024 · T wo years ago, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor won a long-deserved Oscar nomination for playing Venus and Serena Williams’s mother in the biopic King Richard.Starring opposite Will Smith – who played ...
Ellis-Taylor first discovered theater while getting her B.A. in African-American studies, and finally pursued acting as a graduate student at NYU. She made her film debut in the 1996 independent drama, Girls Town, and followed it with roles in 2000's Men of Honor and 2004's Oscar-winning Ray. "All along, I'm going, 'This is going to end.
Feb 2, 2024 · MS. ELLIS-TAYLOR: Well, one of the first conversations that I had with Ava about what she wanted to achieve with the film is that she was interested in dramatizing the interior life of a woman ...
