Teyonah Parris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 22, 1987, Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
- Movies
- 22
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).
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Matchbox the Movie | Charmaine |
| 2024 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels | Self - 'Monica Rambeau' |
| 2023 | Dashing Through the Snow | Allison Garrick |
| 2023 | The Marvels | Monica Rambeau |
| 2023 | They Cloned Tyrone | Yo-Yo |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Candyman | Brianna Cartwright |
| 2020 | The Photograph | Asia |
| 2020 | Charm City Kings | Mouse’s Mom |
| 2019 | Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe | Self |
| 2019 | Point Blank | Taryn |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Ernestine Rivers |
| 2016 | Five Nights in Maine | Penelope |
| 2016 | Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story | Miki |
| 2016 | 90 Days | Jessica |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | Lysistrata |
| 2015 | Where Children Play | Bellissima Mccain |
| 2014 | Dear White People | Colandrea 'Coco' Conners |
| 2014 | They Came Together | Wanda |
| 2014 | A Picture of You | Mika |
| 2011 | Wu Is Dead | Alma |
| 2010 | How Do You Know | Riva |
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