Teyonah Parris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 22 September 1987 · Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
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.
Known for
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- 2026Matchbox the Movie as Charmaine
- 2026Don't Go Gentle as Ellen
- 2026Turpentine
- 2026Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair as Mia Johnson
- 2026Empire Corner
- 2026Running
- 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
- 2023Dashing Through the Snow as Allison Garrick
- 2023The Marvels as Monica Rambeau
- 2023They Cloned Tyrone as Yo-Yo
- 2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
- 2021Candyman as Brianna Cartwright
- 2020The Photograph as Asia
- 2020Charm City Kings as Mouse’s Mom
- 2019Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe as Self
- 2019Point Blank as Taryn
- 2018If Beale Street Could Talk as Ernestine Rivers
- 2016Five Nights in Maine as Penelope
- 2016Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story as Miki
- 201690 Days as Jessica
- 2015Chi-Raq as Lysistrata
- 2015Where Children Play as Bellissima Mccain
- 2014Dear White People as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
- 2014They Came Together as Wanda
- 2014A Picture of You as Mika
- 2011Wu Is Dead as Alma
- 2010How Do You Know as Riva
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Karen Branston · 1 episode