Actor
Teyonah Parris
September 22, 1987 · Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
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).
Notable work
8.2WandaVision (2021)
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
8What If...? (2021)
as Monica Rambeau (voice)
5.9The Marvels (2023)
as Monica Rambeau
6Candyman (2021)
as Brianna Cartwright
8.1Mad Men (2007)
as Dawn Chambers
7.6CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
as Karen Branston
6.9If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
as Ernestine Rivers
5.3How Do You Know (2010)
as Riva
6.5They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
as Yo-Yo
7.1Empire (2015)
as Pamela Rose
7.6The Good Wife (2009)
as Melinda Gossett
6Point Blank (2019)
as Taryn
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