How the Department Heads of ‘Nickel Boys’ Worked with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to Create an Unforgettable Character
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and the hair, makeup, and costume department heads of 'Nickel Boys' discuss collaborating to create the ...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is Nobody’s Second Fiddle
The 'Nickel Boys' actress specializes in supporting roles that steal the spotlight: “If we only know the figurehead and we ...
‘Nickel Boys’ Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Never Watches Herself on Screen — Here’s Why
When Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (who has been acting professionally since her debut as Ariel in 1995’s Broadway revival of “The ...
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Why Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Resists Stereotypes and Only Wears Pants on Red Carpets: ‘I've Made Choices’ (Exclusive)
The ‘Nickel Boys’ star is pushing red carpet conventions with her declarative, fabulous looks Randy Shropshire/Getty Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s red carpet looks are often bold and colorful or ...
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Why Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Rejects 'Hollywood Hooey' and Still Lives in the South: 'Work to Be Done There' (Exclusive)
Director RaMell Ross' movie ‘Nickel Boys’ was a chance for Mississippi native Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to honor her Southern roots Taylor Hill/WireImage Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is much more at home ...
Grandmother inspires Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s character in ‘Nickel Boys’
The Nickel Boys” is a fact-based drama of two incarcerated and abused Black teenage boys in 1960s segregated Florida, based ...
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on holding back emotion, justice in ‘Nickel Boys’, and her family’s connection to the Jim Crow South
Help support the DJs, journalists, and staff of the station you love. Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor discusses her emotionally restrained performances and her latest role in ‘Nickel Boys’, where she ...
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Mississippi's Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor says 'Nickel Boys' is a present story, not history
Oscar-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor considers Mississippi her home, and her latest theatrical release is one that touches on topics familiar to the state. "Nickel Boys" takes on systemic ...
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘One of the references I have when I talk about Nickel Boys is the Magadelene laundry mothers in Ireland’
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 ...