Teyonah Parris
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1987-09-22 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
Teyonah Parris
Biography
Teyonah Parris (/tiˈɒnə/ tee-ON-ə; born September 22, 1987) is an American actress. A graduate of Juilliard School, she began acting in 2010. Her first prominent roles were those of secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and a starring role in the 2014 independent film Dear White People. Since then, she has appeared in the drama series Empire (2014), Spike Lee's crime comedy Chi-Raq (2015), and the drama film If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
In 2021, Parris starred in the horror film Candyman and began portraying Monica Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with the Disney+ series WandaVision.
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Acting
(2024)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
(2023)
The Marvels
as Monica Rambeau
(2023)
They Cloned Tyrone
as Yo-Yo
(2023)
Dashing Through the Snow
as Allison Garrick
(2021)
Candyman
as Brianna Cartwright
(2021)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
(2020)
Charm City Kings
as Mouse’s Mom
(2020)
The Photograph
as Asia
(2019)
Point Blank
as Taryn
(2019)
(2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Ernestine Rivers
(2016)
(2016)
Five Nights in Maine
as Penelope
(2016)
90 Days
as Jessica
(2015)
Chi-Raq
as Lysistrata
(2015)
Where Children Play
as Bellissima Mccain
(2014)
They Came Together
as Wanda
(2014)
Dear White People
as Colandrea Conners
(2014)
A Picture of You
as Mika
(2010)
How Do You Know
as Riva