Teyonah Parris
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday22 September 1987 (39 years old)
Place of birthHopkins, South Carolina, USA
Known credits40
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…
Matchbox the Movie
2026 · Charmaine
No Good Deed
2024 · Carla Owens
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
2024 · Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
Dashing Through the Snow
2023 · Allison Garrick
The Marvels
2023 · Monica Rambeau
They Cloned Tyrone
2023 · Yo-Yo
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Married to Real Estate
2021 · Self - Client
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021 · Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
Candyman
2021 · Brianna Cartwright
What If...?
2021 · Monica Rambeau (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021 · Self - Monica Rambeau
WandaVision
2021 · Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
The Photograph
2020 · Asia
Charm City Kings
2020 · Mouse’s Mom
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019 · Self
Point Blank
2019 · Taryn
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Ernestine Rivers
Five Nights in Maine
2016 · Penelope
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
2016 · Miki
90 Days
2016 · Jessica
Chi-Raq
2015 · Lysistrata
Empire
2015 · Pamela Rose
Where Children Play
2015 · Bellissima Mccain
Dear White People
2014 · Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
Survivor's Remorse
2014 · Missy Vaughn
They Came Together
2014 · Wanda
A Picture of You
2014 · Mika
Wu Is Dead
2011 · Alma
How Do You Know
2010 · Riva
The Good Wife
2009 · Melinda Gossett
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Mad Men
2007 · Dawn Chambers
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Karen Branston
Empire Corner
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
Mia Johnson
Turpentine
Running
Don't Go Gentle
Ellen
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