--- title: Aunjanue Ellis: Her Most Famous Roles in Pictures description: The actress has pledged to not act in Mississippi—her home state—until the current flag is replaced with one without any Confederacy imagery canonical: https://time.com/3936231/aunjanue-ellis-roles/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-25T18:12:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:48.477Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See 10 of Aunjanue Ellis' Indelible On-Screen Roles og:description: 'The Help' actress has spoken out against Mississipi's state flag. og:url: https://time.com/3936231/aunjanue-ellis-roles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d0c434e0efdc4cc/6988586a3c1639807145890e/still-of-aunjanue-ellis-in-gifted-hands-the-ben-carson-story-2009.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Aunjanue Ellis in Gifted Hands- The Ben Carson Story (2009) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See 10 of Aunjanue Ellis' Indelible On-Screen Roles twitter:description: 'The Help' actress has spoken out against Mississipi's state flag. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d0c434e0efdc4cc/6988586a3c1639807145890e/still-of-aunjanue-ellis-in-gifted-hands-the-ben-carson-story-2009.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See 10 of Aunjanue Ellis' Most Indelible On-Screen Roles by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jun 25, 2015 6:12 PM UTC  by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jun 25, 2015 6:12 PM UTC  Aunjanue Ellis in Men of Honor (2000) 20th Century Fox  Aunjanue Ellis and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002) Universal Pictures  Renée Wilson, Regina King, Kimberley Ardison, and Aunjanue Ellis in Ray (2004) Universal Pictures  Aunjanue Ellis in E-Ring (2005) NBC  Jordan Belfi and Aunjanue Ellis in The Mentalist (2008) CBS  Robin Tunney and Aunjanue Ellis in The Mentalist (2008) Warner Bros  Cuba Gooding Jr. with Aunjanue Ellis in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) Sony Pictures Television  Aunjanue Ellis in The Help (2011) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures  Ashley Judd, Aunjanue Ellis and Adriano Giannini in Missing (2012) ABC  Aunjanue Ellis in Sleepy Hollow (2013) Fox ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3936231/aunjanue-ellis-roles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3936231/aunjanue-ellis-roles/"},"headline":"See 10 of Aunjanue Ellis' Most Indelible On-Screen Roles","datePublished":"2015-06-25T18:12:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:48.477Z","description":"'The Help' actress has pledged to not act in Mississippi—her home state—until the current state flag is replaced and doesn't include Confederate imagery","url":"https://time.com/3936231/aunjanue-ellis-roles/","keywords":["movies","photography","TV","Actor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d0c434e0efdc4cc/6988586a3c1639807145890e/still-of-aunjanue-ellis-in-gifted-hands-the-ben-carson-story-2009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d0c434e0efdc4cc/6988586a3c1639807145890e/still-of-aunjanue-ellis-in-gifted-hands-the-ben-carson-story-2009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aunjanue Ellis in Gifted Hands- The Ben Carson Story (2009)","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3936231/aunjanue-ellis-roles/","name":"See 10 of Aunjanue Ellis' Most Indelible On-Screen Roles"}}]}] ```