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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Teyonah Parris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
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
- Dashing Through the Snow as Allison Garrick
- They Cloned Tyrone as Yo-Yo
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2021
- What If...? as Monica Rambeau (voice)
- WandaVision as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
- Candyman as Brianna Cartwright
- Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Monica Rambeau
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
- Married to Real Estate as Self - Client
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
- 90 Days as Jessica
- Five Nights in Maine as Penelope
- Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story as Miki
2015
- Chi-Raq as Lysistrata
- Where Children Play as Bellissima Mccain
2014
- Dear White People as Colandrea Conners
- Survivor's Remorse as Missy Vaughn
- They Came Together as Wanda
- A Picture of You as Mika
2010
- How Do You Know as Riva
2009
- The Good Wife as Melinda Gossett
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2007
- Mad Men as Dawn Chambers
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Karen Branston