Teyonah Parris
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.
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- 2024 · No Good Deed as Carla
- 2024 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
- 2023 · Dashing Through the Snow as Allison Garrick
- 2023 · The Marvels as Monica Rambeau
- 2023 · They Cloned Tyrone as Yo-Yo
- 2021 · Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
- 2021 · Candyman as Brianna Cartwright
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Monica Rambeau
- 2021 · WandaVision as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
- 2020 · The Photograph as Asia
- 2020 · Charm City Kings as Mouse’s Mom
- 2019 · Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe as Self
- 2019 · Point Blank as Taryn
- 2018 · If Beale Street Could Talk as Ernestine Rivers
- 2016 · Five Nights in Maine as Penelope
- 2016 · Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story as Miki
- 2016 · 90 Days as Jessica
- 2015 · Chi-Raq as Lysistrata
- 2015 · Where Children Play as Bellissima Mccain
- 2014 · Dear White People as Colandrea Conners
- 2014 · Survivor's Remorse as Missy Vaughn
- 2014 · They Came Together as Wanda
- 2014 · A Picture of You as Mika
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Monica Rambeau (archive footage)
- 2010 · How Do You Know as Riva
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Melinda Gossett
- 2007 · Mad Men as Dawn Chambers
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Karen Branston
- Future · Empire Corner as