Teyonah Parris

Actor

Born: September 22, 1987 (age 38)
From: Hopkins, South Carolina, USA

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…

Filmography (25)

Matchbox (2026)
Charmaine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels (2024)
Self - 'Monica Rambeau'
Dashing Through the Snow (2023)
Allison Garrick
The Marvels (2023)
Monica Rambeau
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
Yo-Yo
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)
Candyman (2021)
Brianna Cartwright
The Photograph (2020)
Asia
Charm City Kings (2020)
Mouse’s Mom
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe (2019)
Self
Point Blank (2019)
Taryn
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Ernestine Rivers
Five Nights in Maine (2016)
Penelope
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016)
Miki
90 Days (2016)
Jessica
Chi-Raq (2015)
Lysistrata
Where Children Play (2015)
Bellissima Mccain
Dear White People (2014)
Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
They Came Together (2014)
Wanda
A Picture of You (2014)
Mika
Wu Is Dead
Wu Is Dead (2011)
Alma
How Do You Know (2010)
Riva
Empire Corner
Empire Corner
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
Mia Johnson
Turpentine
Turpentine