nominations and just yesterday, an oscar nod. cbs' elise preston spoke with the actress about her work on and off the big screen for our continuing series "honoring black history month and those making history now." >> reporter: for more than two decades, aunjanue ellis has been a scene stealer. >> i want to see my son right now, right now! >> reporter: with her strong and sensitive portrayals. >> i want to continue on this journey that i seem to be set on right now, which is continuing to tell stories about women, and particularly black women, who have been... honestly, they have been erased. i carried him inside me and on my back, and i carried you, too. >> reporter: in "king richard" her role as the mother of tennis super stars venus and serena williams highlights a legacy that's largely been ignored. >> and i fixed serena's serve because you messed that up. i fixed that toss because you