Teyonah Parris
Actor
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).
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Filmography
Candyman
as Brianna Cartwright 2021
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Ernestine Rivers 2018
How Do You Know
as Riva 2010
They Cloned Tyrone
as Yo-Yo 2023
Point Blank
as Taryn 2019
Charm City Kings
as Mouse’s Mom 2020
Dear White People
as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners 2014
They Came Together
as Wanda 2014
Chi-Raq
as Lysistrata 2015
The Photograph
as Asia 2020
Dashing Through the Snow
as Allison Garrick 2023
Five Nights in Maine
as Penelope 2016
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage) 2021
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
as Self 2019
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
as Self - 'Monica Rambeau' 2024
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
as Miki 2016