Teyonah Parris
Biography
Teyonah Parris is an American actress who was raised in Hopkins, South Carolina, and trained at the Juilliard School. She started acting in 2010, making her television debut with a guest role on The Good Wife. Her first prominent parts came as Dawn Chambers on Mad Men, the program's first major African American character, and in the independent movie Dear White People (2014), which served as her breakthrough. She then starred in the Starz comedy Survivor's Remorse, Spike Lee's Chi-Raq (2015), which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination for outstanding actress in a motion picture, and Five Nights in Maine (2016). Other credits include If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), the horror film Candyman (2021), and Monica Rambeau, a role she began in WandaVision and returned to in The Marvels (2023).
39years old
Turns 40 on September 22in 356 days
- Born Hopkins
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years2010 to 2023
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A first
Teyonah Parris joined Mad Men in 2012, playing Dawn Chambers in a recurring role on the AMC drama. She was the show's first major African American character.
Early training
Parris finished 11th and 12th grades at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, then went on to attend and graduate from the Juilliard School.
Beyond film
In 2018, Parris took on the lead part of Kaneisha in Slave Play, staged Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop.
Teyonah Parris movies on Netflix
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Nia DaCosta directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Nia DaCostaDirector, 2 films, 2021 to 2023
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