Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris Biography

Teyonah Parris (born September 22) is an American actress. She began her career playing a recurring role as Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series, Mad Men (2012-15), before landing her breakthrough role in the 2014 independent film Dear White People. In 2015, Parris went to star in the satirical drama film Chi-Raq directed by Spike Lee.

Life and career

Parris was raised in Hopkins, where she attended the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities South Carolina, before she later attended and graduated from the Juilliard School. She made her television debut in 2010, with 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. She played the first major African American character on Mad Men.

In 2014, Parris had her breakthrough role in the independent film Dear White People. Later in that year, Parris began starring in the Starz comedy series, Survivor's Remorse. In 2015, Parris went to star in n 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. She played the leading role in Where Children Play directed by Leila Djansi, and starred alongside David Oyelowo in Five Nights in Maine. Later in 2015, she played R&B/Jazz singer Miki Howard in the biopic The Miki Howard Story.

In 2016, Parris 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Empire Corner	Alma	Short film
2010	Wu is Dead	Alma	Short film
2010	How Do You Know	Riva
2013	A Picture of You	Mika
2014	Dear White People	Colandrea 'Coco' Conners	Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated "? Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014	They Came Together	Wanda
2015	Five Nights in Maine	Penelope
2015	Where Children Play	Bellissima Mccain
2015	Chi-Raq	Lysistrata	African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated "? Black Reel Award for Best Actress
2016	The Miki Howard Story	Miki Howard	Also producer.
2017	Buffalo Soldier Girl

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Good Wife	Melinda Gossett	Episode: "Double Jeopardy"
2012-2015	Mad Men	Dawn Chambers	Recurring role, 22 episodes Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2013	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Karen Branston	Episode: "Take the Money and Run"
2014-present	Survivor's Remorse	Missy Vaughn	Series regular

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