Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris (38)

1987-09-22 | 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.

On Movies

  • Dashing Through the Snow
  • The Marvels
  • They Cloned Tyrone
  • Candyman
  • The Photograph
  • Charm City Kings
  • Point Blank
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Five Nights in Maine
  • Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
  • 90 Days
  • Chi-Raq
  • Where Children Play
  • Dear White People
  • They Came Together
  • A Picture of You
  • How Do You Know

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