Aunjanue Ellis is to star in the film adaptation of 'Caste'. The 53-year-old actress has been cast in the lead role in the movie that is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling book 'Caste: Origins of Our Discontent'. Ellis was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in the film 'King Richard' – in which she starred as Venus and Serena Williams' mother Oracene Price. She is also due to star in the new adaptation of 'The Color Purple' and the period drama 'The Nickel Boys'. Aunjanue said: "What I knew of them was what anybody would know about them, just from what's in the media and what's in the press.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2023 13:48 UTC