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.

Filmography

• 2026Matchbox the Movie — Charmaine
• No Good Deed — Carla Owens
• 2023Dashing Through the Snow — Allison Garrick
• 2023The Marvels — Monica Rambeau
• 2023They Cloned Tyrone — Yo-Yo
• 2021Candyman — Brianna Cartwright
• 2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special — Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
• WandaVision — Monica Rambeau / Geraldine
• What If...? — Monica Rambeau (voice)
• 2020Charm City Kings — Mouse’s Mom
• 2020The Photograph — Asia
• 2019Point Blank — Taryn
• 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
• Empire — Pamela Rose
• 2015Where Children Play — Bellissima Mccain
• 2014A Picture of You — Mika
• 2014Dear White People — Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
• Survivor's Remorse — Missy Vaughn
• 2014They Came Together — Wanda
• 2011Wu Is Dead — Alma
• 2010How Do You Know — Riva
• The Good Wife — Melinda Gossett
• Mad Men — Dawn Chambers
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Karen Branston
• Don't Go Gentle — Ellen
• Empire Corner
• Running
• Turpentine
• Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair — Mia Johnson

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels — Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Married to Real Estate — Self - Client
• Marvel Studios Assembled — Self - Monica Rambeau
• 2019Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest