Teyonah Parris
Acting
Born September 22, 1987 · 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 fea…
Known For · 38 titles
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Good Wife
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mad Men
What If...?
Empire
WandaVision
The Marvels
Matchbox: The Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled
No Good Deed
Survivor's Remorse
Candyman
Charm City Kings
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Photograph
They Came Together
Married to Real Estate
How Do You Know
They Cloned Tyrone
Point Blank
Dashing Through the Snow
Dear White People
Chi-Raq
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
Five Nights in Maine
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Turpentine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
Where Children Play
A Picture of You
Wu Is Dead
Empire Corner
90 Days
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story