Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 22, 1987 (age 39)
Place of Birth
Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- テヨナ・パリス
- טיונה פאריס
- 媞優娜·佩瑞斯
Teyonah Parris
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).
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Known For - Movies
The Marvels
as Monica Rambeau
Candyman
as Brianna Cartwright
They Cloned Tyrone
as Yo-Yo
Charm City Kings
as Mouse’s Mom
How Do You Know
as Riva
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Ernestine Rivers
Dashing Through the Snow
as Allison Garrick
Chi-Raq
as Lysistrata
Matchbox
as Charmaine
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
Known For - TV Shows
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Karen Branston
The Good Wife
as Melinda Gossett
Mad Men
as Dawn Chambers
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
What If...?
as Monica Rambeau (voice)
Empire
as Pamela Rose
WandaVision
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self - Monica Rambeau