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Teyonah Parris Went From Juilliard To Making Marvel Movie History
The WandaVision star will become the first Black female character to join the Avengers when she takes on the role of Monica Rambeau.
By Andrea Cuttler and Photographs by Devyn Galindo; Styling by Yashua Simmons Jan 12, 2021 Devyn Galindo
Teyonah Parris’s fascination with superheroes began with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In a world where most ’90s kids identified with TMNT’s resident reporter April O’Neil, Parris wanted to be a Turtle. She loved their bravado. But did heroes always have to be men? “Turtles are turtles,” Parris says. “But they’re guys.”