Teyonah Parris
Acting
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.
Born: September 22, 1987
Place of Birth: Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Carla Owens
as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
as Allison Garrick
as Monica Rambeau
as Yo-Yo
as Self
as Self - Client
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
as Brianna Cartwright
as Monica Rambeau (voice)
as Self - Monica Rambeau
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
as Asia
as Mouse’s Mom
as Taryn
as Ernestine Rivers
as Penelope
as Jessica
as Lysistrata
as Bellissima Mccain
as Colandrea Conners
as Missy Vaughn
as Wanda
as Mika
as Riva
as Melinda Gossett
as Self - Guest
as Dawn Chambers
as Karen Branston