Terri Abney Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Terri Abney
Acting
Biography
TERRI ABNEY cast as Mildred's (Ruth Negga's) sister in Loving, can be seen on-screen in John Hillcoat's Triple 9 and Peter Billingsley's Term Life. Terri recently starred alongside Gary Carr and Ian McShane in Dan Pritzker's Film "Bolden" set in the 1906, based on the Jazz Musician Buddy Bolden, which premiered in theaters May of this year. A native of Washington, D.C., she studied acting at the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Clark Atlanta University. Her professional acting roots are in stage work, having worked in theater on the East Coast. Ms. Abney's film debut came with her starring in Ryan Richmond's feature Money Matters, playing the title role of Monique "Money" Matters, alongside Aunjunue Ellis. She reteamed with the director on his telefilm Lyfe's Journey and, most recently, the feature Chasing Waterfalls. She appeared in the premiere episode of Oprah Winfrey's hit television drama GREENLEAF, directed by Clement Virgo, and recurred on the first season. Ms. Abney's other television credits include, Donald Glover's FX Show Atlanta, a guest-starring arc on Game of Silence, and BET HER's One Crazy Christmas. Terri's first feature film "Victoria" is in development, which she is inking with her writing partner Rashonda Joplin. Terri recently participated in a live stage reading for the New Normal Series, Broken Barriers. Where she directed a stellar cast, who read a short version adaptation of her feature project "Victoria" in front of industry professionals.
Filmography Movies
Acting
A Thousand and One
Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.
Money Matters
A moving and intimate film that follows Monique "Money" Matters (Terri Abney) caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship with her mother Pamela Matters (Aunjanue Ellis- RAY, MEN OF HONER), is far from stable and depicts the struggle between a young mother and daughter who both come of age...together. Sharp and candid dialogue blur the roles of parent and child, revealing a family secret magnified by pain and years of regret. Money's daily routine; a three-bus commute to the Catholic school she attends, far from her dilapidated neighborhood, to another world where she feels just as uncomfortable. When she befriends a neighborhood girl who seems to understand her, their friendship develops in ways that push boundaries.
Definitely Divorcing
Co-workers question their marriages for a variety of issues, including anger management, child-like spouses and manipulative stepchildren. Will their relationships be mended or end in divorce?
Love & Debt
When you're up to neck in debt...it's not about the money. A drama full of the comedy of life. A story for our times that examines the durability of marriage and family, the price of telling the truth and discovering what matters most.
Loving
In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.
Triple 9
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Term Life
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn't take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they'll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.
One Crazy Christmas
Sabrina, a successful divorced attorney must juggle her family and guests during Christmas dinner when her daughter, Leslie, surprisingly brings home her new fiance, Juan, and also invites her father, Glen, Sabrina's ex-husband.
Nineteen Summers
Born in the generational Los Angeles street culture a 19-year-old father seeks a better life in the midst of a turf war.
Stop Killing Us
Birthed from the myriad of emotions experienced watching the countless black lives murdered during the pandemic by police, Abney’s film shows how one day for a couple begins with love and ends in loss. It poses the questions: How many more? Will we be next?
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