Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Teyonah Parris
Acting
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2.1
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Movies: 21Series: 13
TMDB ID: 970219
IMDb ID: nm3500582
Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1987
Age: 39
Place of birth: Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2026
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q19666388
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Teyonah Parris.
In 5 days
Matchbox the Movie
as Charmaine
2026 Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
as Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
2024 Movie
Dashing Through the Snow
as Allison Garrick
2023 Movie
The Marvels
as Monica Rambeau
2023 Movie
They Cloned Tyrone
as Yo-Yo
2023 Movie
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Candyman
as Brianna Cartwright
2021 Movie
The Photograph
as Asia
2020 Movie
Charm City Kings
as Mouse’s Mom
2020 Movie
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
as Self
2019 Movie
Point Blank
as Taryn
2019 Movie
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Ernestine Rivers
2018 Movie
Five Nights in Maine
as Penelope
2016 Movie
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
as Miki
2016 Movie
90 Days
as Jessica
2016 Movie
Chi-Raq
as Lysistrata
2015 Movie
Where Children Play
as Bellissima Mccain
2015 Movie
Dear White People
as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
2014 Movie
They Came Together
as Wanda
2014 Movie
A Picture of You
as Mika
2014 Movie
How Do You Know
as Riva
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Teyonah Parris.
No Good Deed
as Carla Owens • 8 eps
2024 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Married to Real Estate
as Self - Client • 1 eps
2021 Series
What If...?
as Monica Rambeau (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self - Monica Rambeau • 1 eps
2021 Series
WandaVision
as Monica Rambeau / Geraldine • 9 eps
2021 Series
Empire
as Pamela Rose • 6 eps
2015 Series
Survivor's Remorse
as Missy Vaughn • 36 eps
2014 Series
The Good Wife
as Melinda Gossett • 1 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Mad Men
as Dawn Chambers • 22 eps
2007 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Karen Branston • 1 eps
2000 Series