Teyonah Parris
Known For
Acting
Born
1987-09-22 in Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
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.
Most Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Karen Branston
The Good Wife
as Melinda Gossett
Mad Men
as Dawn Chambers
What If...?
as Monica Rambeau (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
WandaVision
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self - Monica Rambeau
The Marvels
as Monica Rambeau
No Good Deed
as Carla Owens
Survivor's Remorse
as Missy Vaughn
They Cloned Tyrone
as Yo-Yo
Candyman
as Brianna Cartwright
Charm City Kings
as Mouse’s Mom
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Ernestine Rivers
How Do You Know
as Riva
The Photograph
as Asia
Point Blank
as Taryn
Chi-Raq
as Lysistrata