Teyonah Parris
Acting
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.
Known for
2026Matchbox
Charmaine
2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
2023Dashing Through the Snow
Allison Garrick
2023They Cloned Tyrone
Yo-Yo
2023The Marvels
Monica Rambeau
2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
2021Candyman
Brianna Cartwright
2020Charm City Kings
Mouse’s Mom
2020The Photograph
Asia
2019Point Blank
Taryn
2019Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Self
2018If Beale Street Could Talk
Ernestine Rivers
201690 Days
Jessica
2016Five Nights in Maine
Penelope
2016Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
Miki
2015Chi-Raq
Lysistrata
2015Where Children Play
Bellissima Mccain
2014Dear White People
Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
2014A Picture of You
Mika
2014They Came Together
Wanda
2010How Do You Know
Riva