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4	Teyonah Parris (born September 22, 1987 in Hopkins, South Carolina) is an American actress.
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6	Parris is best known for her role in the Creator/{{AMC}} series ''Series/MadMen'' as Dawn Chambers, the only black person working at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. She later appeared in the Creator/{{Starz}} series ''Survivor's Remorse'' and Creator/{{FOX}}'s ''Series/{{Empire}}''.
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8	Parris has also appeared in films, notably Theatre/{{Lysistrata}} in Creator/SpikeLee's 2015 revisionist take on the play of the same name, ''Chi-Raq'', and the Creator/JamesBaldwin adaptation ''Film/IfBealeStreetCouldTalk''. She also originated the role of Coco in the film ''Film/DearWhitePeople'', later succeeded by Antoinette Robertson in Creator/{{Netflix}}'s [[Series/DearWhitePeople series continuation]].
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10	In 2021, Parris portrayed Creator/MarvelComics superhero ComicBook/MonicaRambeau in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse-set Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Series/WandaVision'', succeeding Akira Akbar, who portrayed the character as a child in 2019's ''Film/{{Captain Marvel\|2019}}''. She later reprised the role in the ''Captain Marvel'' sequel, ''Film/TheMarvels''.
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13	!! Selected filmography:
14	* ''Series/MadMen'' (2012 -- 2015) as Dawn Chambers
15	* ''Film/DearWhitePeople'' (2014) as Colandrea "Coco" Conners
16	* ''Chi-Raq'' (2015) as Theatre/{{Lysistrata}}
17	* ''Series/{{Empire}}'' (2017) as Det. Pamela Rose
18	* ''Film/IfBealeStreetCouldTalk'' (2018) as Ernestine Rivers
19	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2021 -- present) as ComicBook/MonicaRambeau:
20	** ''Series/WandaVision'' (2021)
21	** ''Film/{{The Marvels\|2023}}'' (2023)
22	* ''Film/{{Candyman\|2021}}'' (2021) as Brianna
23	* ''Film/TheyClonedTyrone'' (2022) as Yo-Yo

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