What is Teyonah Parris?
{{Infobox person | image = Teyonah Parris by Gage Skidmore.jpg |caption = Parris at the 2019 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|09|22}} | birth_place = [[Hopkins, South Carolina]], U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2010–present | education = [[Juilliard School]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]]) }} '''Teyonah Parris''' (born September 22, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career playing a recurring role as [[List of Mad Men characters#Dawn Chambers|Dawn Chambers]] in the AMC drama series, ''[[Mad Men]]'' (2012–15). She played the first major African American character on ''Mad Men''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/teyonah-parris-makes-history-as-first-african-american-in-ad-office-on-mad-men/|title=Mad Men: Teyonah Parris Becomes First African American In Mad Men Office|work=Black Enterprise|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Parris starred in the satirical drama movie ''[[Chi-Raq]]'' directed by [[Spike Lee]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|3500582}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Parris, Teyonah}} [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Actors from South Carolina]] {{US-actor-stub}}