Acting
Teyonah Parris
EN cinema · 27 credits
Born
22 September 1987 (age 39)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
Matchbox the Movie
as Charmaine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
Dashing Through the Snow
as Allison Garrick
They Cloned Tyrone
as Yo-Yo
The Marvels
as Monica Rambeau
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
Candyman
as Brianna Cartwright
Charm City Kings
as Mouse’s Mom
The Photograph
as Asia
Point Blank
as Taryn
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Ernestine Rivers
90 Days
as Jessica
Five Nights in Maine
as Penelope
Chi-Raq
as Lysistrata
Where Children Play
as Bellissima Mccain
Dear White People
as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
A Picture of You
as Mika
They Came Together
as Wanda
How Do You Know
as Riva