Actor
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 those of secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and a starring role in the 2014 independent film Dear White People. Since then, she has 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 starre ...

Known For
Acting
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 Conners
2014 -- They Came Together | Wanda
2014 -- A Picture of You | Mika
2010 -- How Do You Know | Riva
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