Popsugar Entertainment Aunjanue Ellis Aunjanue Ellis's Movie and TV Show Roles Lovecraft Country's Aunjanue Ellis Has a 20+ Year Career Full of Amazing Movies and TV Shows 14 August 2020 by Mekishana Pierre Image Source: HBO Anyone tuning into HBO's Lovecraft Country will undoubtedly recognise Aunjanue Ellis, who plays the series's Hippolyta Freeman, a family-oriented businesswoman with a penchant for watching the stars and a hunger for adventure. On a show full of monsters, both mythical and human, Hippolyta serves as the very human constant; that is until she gets involved in the messiness as well. But Hippolyta is just as bold and strong-willed as a lot of the characters Ellis has played in the past, and there have been a lot. The 51-year-old actress made her professional acting debut on the stage in 1995 and she hasn't stopped dazzling us ever since! Her credits are a collection of well-loved characters on both the big and small screen, such as her role as the sharp, but fair Miranda Shaw on ABC's thriller series Quantico, her performance on The Book of Negroes, based on the bestselling novel by Lawrence Hill, and her iconic portrayal of Sistah Girl alongside Eddie Murphy in the action comedy film Undercover Brother. Most recently, Ellis garnered critical acclaim, universal admiration, and an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in a limited sSeries for her performance on Ava DuVernay's Netflix miniseries When They See Us. Scroll ahead for a look at some of Ellis's most popular roles over the last 20-odd years. Aunjanue Ellis in the Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's The Tempest (1995) Image Source: Everett Collection 1 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Girls Town (1996) Image Source: Everett Collection 2 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis on High Incident (1996-1997) Image Source: Everett Collection 3 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Shakespeare in the Park's The Winter's Tale (2000) Image Source: Everett Collection 4 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Men of Honour (2000) Image Source: Everett Collection 5 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in The Caveman's Valentine (2001) Image Source: Everett Collection 6 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Undercover Brother (2002) Image Source: Everett Collection 7 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis on MDs (2002) Image Source: Everett Collection 8 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Ray (2004) Image Source: Everett Collection 9 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Motherhood (2009) Image Source: Everett Collection 10 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in The Hungry Ghosts (2009) Image Source: Everett Collection 11 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) Image Source: Everett Collection 12 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis on Sleepy Hollow (2014) Image Source: Everett Collection 13 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in The Birth of a Nation (2016) Image Source: Everett Collection 14 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Image Source: Everett Collection 15 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis on When They See Us (2019) Image Source: Everett Collection 16 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis in Miss Virginia (2019) Image Source: Everett Collection 17 / 18 Aunjanue Ellis on Lovecraft Country (2020) Image Source: HBO 18 / 18 Aunjanue EllisLovecraft CountryMoviesTV