Teyonah Parris Bio & Wiki
Teyonah Paris is an American actress, who has created a name for herself in the entertainment industry. She is known for her roles in different tv shows and films such as They Cloned Tyrone (2023) Chi – Raq (2015), Dear White People (2014), and Empire (2014).
Teyonah Parris Age
Teyonnah was born on September 22, 1987,
Teyonah Parris Height
Teyonnah is approximately 1.65 m tall (5 feet 4 inches) with a moderate weight ranging from 53kg – 56kg
Teyonah Parris Family
Teyonnah was raised in Hopkins, South Carolina in the year 1987. She is the daughter of Mitchelle Green and Cookie Green.
According to the internet, Teyonnah has 4 brothers and a sister, however, there is not much information about her parents and siblings.
Teyonah Parris Education
Teyonah spent her sophomore year at Hopkins, South Carolina’s Lower Richland High School. Before enrolling in and graduating from the Juilliard School, she was accepted into the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, where she completed the 11th and 12th grades.
Teyonah Parris Relationship
Teyonah is married to James Parris and they are blessed with a beautiful daughter.
Teyonah Parisi In September 2022, Parisi announced that she was five months pregnant with her first child. They welcomed a daughter in early 2023.
Teyonah Parris Career
In the year 2010, she appeared on television for the first time in a supporting role on The Good Wife. She was given the recurring part of Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men in 2012. She portrayed the show’s first significant African American character.
Parris’ breakout performance came in the independent film Dear White People in 2014. She later started appearing in the comedic series Survivor’s Remorse on Starz later that year and in 2015 she went on to act in Spike Lee’s satirical drama Chi-Raq. For this movie, she received her first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.
In the year 2016, Parris was cast as the lead character in the period drama film Buffalo Soldier Girl about a woman who, disguised as a man, enlisted and fought in the African American Post Civil War era as a Buffalo Soldier.
Teyonah Parris Movies & Tv Shows
- The Marvels (2023)
- The Cloned Tyrone (2023)
- Wanda Vision (2021)
- Candy Man (2021)
- Charm City (2020)
- Mad Med (2007 – 2015)
- Point Blank (2019)
Parris’s Net Worth
Parris’s net worth is estimated to be around $ 2 Million.
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