Teyonah Parris (born September 22, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and starred in the 2014 independent film Dear White People.
Parris appeared in Spike Lee's film Chi-Raq, the US soap opera Empire, and the Academy-nominated film If Beale Street Could Talk. In 2021, she portrayed an adult Monica Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series WandaVision and will reprise the role in The Marvels, scheduled for release in 2022. She has won two Black Reel Awards and received nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and NAACP Image Awards.
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