Teyonah Parris
Acting

Teyonah Parris

Born 22 September 1987 · Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
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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

WandaVision
What If...?
The Marvels
Candyman
Mad Men
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
If Beale Street Could Talk
How Do You Know
They Cloned Tyrone
Empire
The Good Wife
Point Blank
Matchbox the Movie
Dashing Through the Snow
They Cloned Tyrone
The Marvels
Candyman
Charm City Kings
The Photograph
Point Blank
If Beale Street Could Talk
90 Days
Five Nights in Maine
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
Chi-Raq
Where Children Play
Dear White People
A Picture of You
They Came Together
How Do You Know
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