Teyonah Parris

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 those of secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and a starring role in the 2014 independent film Dear White People. Since then, she has 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Teyonah Parris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Colandrea Conners

Dear White People

Riva

How Do You Know

Mika

A Picture of You

Wanda

They Came Together

Allison Garrick

Dashing Through the Snow

Self - 'Monica Rambeau'

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels

Jessica

90 Days

Lysistrata

Chi-Raq

Penelope

Five Nights in Maine

Bellissima Mccain

Where Children Play

Miki

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story

Ernestine Rivers

If Beale Street Could Talk

Taryn

Point Blank

Mouse’s Mom

Charm City Kings

Brianna Cartwright

Candyman

Asia

The Photograph

Yo-Yo

They Cloned Tyrone

Monica Rambeau

The Marvels

Self

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

Empire Corner

Matchbox