EXCLUSIVE: Aunjanue Williams makes heartfelt career confession ahead of Oscars

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Aunjanue Ellis is opening up about her career and her experience working on the Richard Williams biopic, King Richard.MORE: Savannah Guthrie takes time off Today for 'much-needed' rest, says co-starAunjanue plays Oracene "Brandi" Williams, Venus and Serena William's mother, alongside Will Smith, who plays their father.

The film depicts his fight to make them the iconic athletes they are today.Both Will and Aunjanue have had a busy award season, as they get nominated multiple times over for their roles, and the movie itself anticipates a potential Oscar win for Best Picture.WATCH: The trailer for King RichardMORE: Carrie Underwood wows fans as she reveals surprise new projectThe actress most recently celebrated her nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards, and she continued to celebrate her performance at Tuesday's National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala in New York City, where she won the award for Best Supporting Actress.During the red carpet, Aunjanue spoke to HELLO!

about how connected she feels to Oracene, and how she could relate to the "quiet role" she held for so many years, as Will described it.She explained that: "Oracene was doing work for a long time and nobody knew about it, and a lot of people still don't know about it so I understand that." Aunjanue and Will at the National Board of Review Annual Awards GalaShe opened up about how she feels similarly when it comes to her career and sees herself in the Williams matriarch, admitting that: "I've done work for a long time without people knowing my worth, so I feel a real connection with her."MORE: Ginger Zee documents difficult goodbye in bittersweet postMORE: Will Smith breaks silence on Rebel Wilson's joke about his.