Teyonah Parris
Born: 1987-09-22 in Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
Known For: Acting
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 in the drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and in the independent film Dear White People (2014). She then 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. She has since featured in the black comedy series No Good Deed (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Teyonah Parris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Matchbox as Charmaine
2024
- No Good Deed as Carla Owens
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
2023
- The Marvels as Monica Rambeau
- They Cloned Tyrone as Yo-Yo
- Dashing Through the Snow as Allison Garrick
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2021
- What If...? as Monica Rambeau (voice)
- WandaVision as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
- Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Monica Rambeau
- Candyman as Brianna Cartwright
- Married to Real Estate as Self - Client
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
2020
- Charm City Kings as Mouse’s Mom
- The Photograph as Asia
2019
- Point Blank as Taryn
- Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe as Self
2018
- If Beale Street Could Talk as Ernestine Rivers
2016
- Five Nights in Maine as Penelope
- Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story as Miki
- 90 Days as Jessica
2015
- Empire as Pamela Rose
- Chi-Raq as Lysistrata
- Where Children Play as Bellissima Mccain
2014
- Survivor's Remorse as Missy Vaughn
- Dear White People as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
- They Came Together as Wanda
- A Picture of You as Mika
2011
- Wu Is Dead as Alma
2010
- How Do You Know as Riva
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Good Wife as Melinda Gossett
2007
- Mad Men as Dawn Chambers
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Karen Branston