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Teyonah Parris

Actress | Producer

Known for Dear White People (2014), Chi-Raq (2015), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), They Came Together (2014)

Details

African American, African American | Brown (Shoulder Length) & 3 more performer profile details

External links

@teyonahparris (twitter.com) | 3 official web sites & 3 more links

Images (122)

Still of Teyonah Parris in WandaVision and Now in Color

Still of Teyonah Parris in Empire and Full Circle

Still of Teyonah Parris and Jessie T. Usher in Survivor's Remorse and The Gala

Still of Teyonah Parris and RonReaco Lee in Survivor's Remorse and Closure

Still of Teyonah Parris and Eric Szmanda in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Take the Money and Run

Still of Teyonah Parris and RonReaco Lee in Survivor's Remorse and Second Thoughts

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Awards

4 wins & 7 nominations

Contacts

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Filmography

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37 titles

Projects in Development (2 titles)	Budget	Status
Buffalo Soldier Girl Cathy Williams Cathy Williams See fewer		Development Unknown
Captain Marvel II (2022) Monica Rambeau Monica Rambeau See fewer		Pre-Prod

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
They Cloned Tyrone Yo-Yo Yo-Yo See fewer		Filming

Television in Production (1 title)	Episodes	Status
WandaVision (2021) (TV Mini-series) - Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (6 episodes, 2021) Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (6 episodes, 2021) See fewer — Episode 9 (Mar 5, 2021) Season 1, Episode 9 - Monica Rambeau / Geraldine Monica Rambeau / Geraldine See fewer See more See fewer Loading	6

Past Film & Video (17 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Candyman (2021) Brianna Cartwright Brianna Cartwright See fewer
The Photograph (2020) Asia Asia See fewer	$16MM	$12MM	$21MM	$21MM
Charm City Kings (2020) Teri Teri See fewer
Point Blank (2019) Taryn Taryn See fewer
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Ernestine Rivers Ernestine Rivers See fewer	$12MM	$224K	$15MM	$21MM
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016) Miki, Producer Miki, Producer See fewer	$2MM
90 Days (2016) (Short) - Jessica Jessica See fewer
Five Nights in Maine (2015) Penelope Penelope See fewer		$9K	$16K	$16K
Chi-Raq (2015) Lysistrata Lysistrata See fewer		$1.2MM	$2.7MM	$2.7MM
Where Children Play (2015) Bellissima Mccain Bellissima Mccain See fewer
Caught a Ghost: Get Your Life (2014) (Video) - Teyonah Parris Teyonah Parris See fewer
They Came Together (2014) Wanda Wanda See fewer
Dear White People (2014) Colandrea 'Coco' Conners Colandrea 'Coco' Conners See fewer		$348K	$4.4MM	$4.6MM
A Picture of You (2013) Mika Mika See fewer		$6K	$19K	$19K
How Do You Know (2010) Riva Riva See fewer	$120MM	$7.5MM	$30MM	$49MM
Wu is Dead (2010) (Short) - Alma Alma See fewer
Empire Corner (2010) (Short) - Alma Alma See fewer

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Past Television (8 titles)	Episodes
WandaVision (2021) (TV Mini-series) - Geraldine (2 episodes, 2021) Geraldine (2 episodes, 2021) See fewer Now in Color (Jan 22, 2021) Season 1, Episode 3 - Geraldine Geraldine See fewer Don't Touch That Dial (Jan 15, 2021) Season 1, Episode 2 - Geraldine Geraldine See fewer	2
Murder (2018) (TV Movie) - Det. Ayana Lake Det. Ayana Lake See fewer
Empire (2017) (TV Series) - Pamela Rose (6 episodes, 2017) Pamela Rose (6 episodes, 2017) See fewer Cupid Painted Blind (Dec 6, 2017) Season 4, Episode 8 - Pamela Rose Pamela Rose See fewer See more See fewer Loading	6
Survivor's Remorse (2014–2017) (TV Series) - Missy Vaughn (36 episodes, 2014) Missy Vaughn (36 episodes, 2014) See fewer Answers and Questions (Oct 15, 2017) Season 4, Episode 10 - Missy Vaughn Missy Vaughn See fewer See more See fewer Loading	36
Placeholders (2017) (TV Series) - Marla (2 episodes, 2017) Marla (2 episodes, 2017) See fewer My Wasstio or Heart Safe (Jun 13, 2017) Season 1, Episode 7 - Marla Marla See fewer Seven (May 22, 2017) Season 1, Episode 2 - Marla Marla See fewer	2
Mad Men (2012–2015) (TV Series) - Dawn Chambers (22 episodes, 2012) Dawn Chambers (22 episodes, 2012) See fewer Time & Life (Apr 26, 2015) Season 7, Episode 11 - Dawn Chambers Dawn Chambers See fewer See more See fewer Loading	22
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2013) (TV Series) - Karen Branston (1 episode, 2013) Karen Branston (1 episode, 2013) See fewer Take the Money and Run (Oct 2, 2013) Season 14, Episode 2 - Karen Branston Karen Branston See fewer	1
The Good Wife (2010) (TV Series) - Melinda Gossett (1 episode, 2010) Melinda Gossett (1 episode, 2010) See fewer Double Jeopardy (Oct 5, 2010) Season 2, Episode 2 - Melinda Gossett Melinda Gossett See fewer	1

Self (8 titles)
IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (2021) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) See fewer WandaVision (Jan 15, 2021) Season 3, Episode 2 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
Style Code Live (2016) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2016) Self (1 episode, 2016) See fewer Day Tripping & Hidden SPF - Sun Safe Makeup (Jul 11, 2016) Season 5, Episode 6 - Self Self See fewer
Black Girls Rock! (2016) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
The 47th NAACP Image Awards (2016) (TV Special) - Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer
IMDb: What to Watch (2015) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2015) Self (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Chi-Raq (Dec 4, 2015) Season 2, Episode 42 - Self Self See fewer
Made in Hollywood (2014–2015) (TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 2014) Self (2 episodes, 2014) See fewer The Theory of Everything/Creed/Chi-Raq/The Danish Girl/The Good Dinosaur (Nov 28, 2015) Season 11, Episode 11 - Self Self See fewer Episode #10.5 (Oct 18, 2014) Season 10, Episode 5 - Self Self See fewer
The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards (2015) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
HuffPost Live Conversations (2014) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2014) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Episode #1.41 (Jul 21, 2014) Season 1, Episode 41 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer

Additional Credits

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Film (5 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
A Picture of You *	Mika/Supporting Lead	J.P. Chan
How Do You Know *	Riva/ Supporting Lead	James L. Brooks
North Bend *	Mattie/ Lead	Bernard Lawton Phillips
Empire Corner *	Alma/Lead	J.P. Chan
They Came Together *	Wanda/ Supporting Lead	David Wain

Television (2 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
The Good Wife Episode 202 *	Captain Melinda Gossett/Guest Star	CBS
Mad Men *	Dawn/ Recurring Guest Star	Matthew Weiner

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