Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris

Known for
Acting
Born
September 22, 1987 (age 39)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Empire Corner

Empire Corner

Movie

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Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair

Movie · as Mia Johnson

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Turpentine

Turpentine

Movie

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Running

Running

Movie

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Don't Go Gentle

Don't Go Gentle

Movie · as Ellen

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Before I Let Go

Before I Let Go

TV · as Yasmen Wade · 1 ep

2027
Compassionate Release

Compassionate Release

Movie

2026
Matchbox the Movie poster

Matchbox the Movie

Movie · as Charmaine

2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels

Movie · as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'

2024
No Good Deed poster

No Good Deed

TV · as Carla Owens · 8 eps

2023
Dashing Through the Snow poster

Dashing Through the Snow

Movie · as Allison Garrick

2023
They Cloned Tyrone poster

They Cloned Tyrone

Movie · as Yo-Yo

2023
The Marvels poster

The Marvels

Movie · as Monica Rambeau

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special poster

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Movie · as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)

2021
Candyman poster

Candyman

Movie · as Brianna Cartwright

2021
Marvel Studios Assembled poster

Marvel Studios Assembled

TV · as Self - Monica Rambeau · 1 ep

2021
WandaVision poster

WandaVision

TV · as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine · 9 eps

2021
What If...? poster

What If...?

TV · as Monica Rambeau (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Married to Real Estate poster

Married to Real Estate

TV · as Self - Client · 1 ep

2020
Charm City Kings poster

Charm City Kings

Movie · as Mouse’s Mom

2020
The Photograph poster

The Photograph

Movie · as Asia

2019
Point Blank poster

Point Blank

Movie · as Taryn

2019
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe poster

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

Movie · as Self

2018
If Beale Street Could Talk poster

If Beale Street Could Talk

Movie · as Ernestine Rivers

2016
90 Days poster

90 Days

Movie · as Jessica

2016
Five Nights in Maine poster

Five Nights in Maine

Movie · as Penelope

2016
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story poster

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story

Movie · as Miki

2015
Chi-Raq poster

Chi-Raq

Movie · as Lysistrata

2015
Where Children Play poster

Where Children Play

Movie · as Bellissima Mccain

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Pamela Rose · 6 eps

2014
Dear White People poster

Dear White People

Movie · as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners

2014
A Picture of You poster

A Picture of You

Movie · as Mika

2014
They Came Together poster

They Came Together

Movie · as Wanda

2014
Survivor's Remorse poster

Survivor's Remorse

TV · as Missy Vaughn · 36 eps

2011
Wu Is Dead

Wu Is Dead

Movie · as Alma

2010
How Do You Know poster

How Do You Know

Movie · as Riva

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Melinda Gossett · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2007
Mad Men poster

Mad Men

TV · as Dawn Chambers · 22 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Karen Branston · 1 ep