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Teyonah Parris

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Teyonah Parris

Born Sep 22, 1987 · 38 years38 titles 25 movies · 13 TV
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Teyonah Parris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Sep 22, 1987

Hopkins, South Carolina, USA

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Roles across career

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2000 1 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 3 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2021 6 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)

Undated 3 title(s)