1. Teyonah Parris then appeared in the drama series Empire, Spike Lee's crime comedy Chi-Raq, and the drama film If Beale Street Could Talk.
18 Facts About Teyonah Parris
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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.
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Teyonah Parris has since featured in the black comedy series No Good Deed.
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Teyonah Parris was born on September 22,1987, and raised in Hopkins, South Carolina.
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Teyonah Parris attended Lower Richland High School until her sophomore year.
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Teyonah Parris made her television debut in 2010, with a guest-starring role on The Good Wife.
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Teyonah Parris played the first major African American character on Mad Men.
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In 2014, Teyonah Parris had her breakthrough role in the independent film Dear White People.
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Later in that year, Teyonah Parris began starring in the Starz comedy series, Survivor's Remorse.
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In 2015, Teyonah Parris went to star in the satirical drama film Chi-Raq directed by Spike Lee.
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Teyonah Parris received her first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture nomination for this film.
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Teyonah Parris played the leading role in Where Children Play directed by Leila Djansi, and starred alongside David Oyelowo in Five Nights in Maine.
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In 2016, Teyonah Parris was cast as lead character in the period drama film Buffalo Soldier Girl about a woman who, disguised as a man, enlisted and fought with the African American Post Civil War era as a Buffalo Soldier.
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In early 2018, Teyonah Parris was cast in a leading role on the CBS drama pilot Murder.
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Teyonah Parris played the lead role of Kaneisha in the 2018 Off-Broadway production of Slave Play at the New York Theatre Workshop.
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Teyonah Parris plays the adult version of Monica Rambeau in the Disney+ series WandaVision.
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Teyonah Parris reprised the role in The Marvels released in November 2023.
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In September 2022, Teyonah Parris and her husband James announced that they were expecting their first child; their daughter was born in early 2023.