Teyonah Parris Biography
Teyonah Parris is an American actress. Her first prominent role was playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mas Men 2012 to 2015 and starring in the 2014 independent film Dear White People. And since then she has appeared in the drama series Empire 2014, Spike Lee’s crime comedy Chi-Raq 2015, and the drama film If Beale Street Could Talk.
How old is Teyonah Parris? – Age
Parris is 36 years old as of September 22, 2023. She was born on September 22, 1987, in Hopkins, South Carolina.
Teyonah Parris height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Who are Teyonah Parris’ parents? – Family
Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is American-African. According to sources, the actress parents’ names are unknown but she is very close to her family. She attended Lower Richard High School until her sophomore year. Parris was accepted into the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities where she finished 11th and 12th grade, before attending and graduating from the Juilliard School.
Is Teyonah Parris married? – Husband
Teyonah is happily married to her loving partner, James Parris. She announced the birth of their first child in September 2022 and welcomed their first child, a daughter in early 2023.
Teyonah Parris Career
Parris made her television debut in 2010, with a guest-starring role on The Good Wife. In 2012, she was cast in a recurring role as Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series, Mad Men. The actress played the first major African American character on Mad Men. Her breakthrough was in 2014, where she had a role in the independent film Dear White People. Later in the year, Parris began starring in the Starz comedy series, Survivor’s Remorse.
Then the following year, Teyonah went to star in the satirical drama film Chi-Raq directed by Spike Lee. She received her first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture nomination for this film. In 2016, the 36 year old actress 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. In 2017, she had a recurring role on the Fox prime time soap opera Empire playing Detective Pamela Rose.
In early 2018, Parris was cast in a leading role on the CBS drama pilot Murder. Also that year, she co-starred in If Beale Street Could Talk, a drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin’s novel of the same name. Teyonah plays the adult version of Monica Rambeau in the Disney+ series WandaVision. She reprised the role in The Marvels released in November 2023.
Teyonah Parris Net Worth
The American actress has a net worth of $2 million.
Teyonah Parris Movie
2010 – Wu id Dead
2013 – A Picture of You
2014 – Dear White People
2015 – Where Children Play
2016 – 90 Days
2018 – If Beale Street Could Talk
2019 – Point Blank
2020 – Charm City Kings
2021 – Candyman
2023 – The Marvels
Teyonah Parris TV Shows
2010 – The Good Wife
2012-2015 – Mad Men
2013 – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2017 – Placeholders
2018 – Murder
2021 – WandaVision
