Danai Gurira
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Biography
Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dəˈnaɪ ɡʊˈrɪərə/; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, and activist. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024), and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, including Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gurira is the writer of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. Gurira received two nominations for The People's Choice Awards in 2019 and 2020 for her role on The Walking Dead, and she was also nominated for a 2024 Black Reel Television award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for her work on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Movie · as Shirley Chisholm
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie
The Take
Movie
Matchbox the Movie
Movie · as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
Movie · as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TV · as Michonne · 6 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Movie · as Self
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Movie · as Richard III
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Movie · as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Movie · as Okoye
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Movie · as Self
What If...?
TV · as Okoye (voice) · 3 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) · 4 eps
INVINCIBLE
TV · as Universa (voice) · 1 ep
One World: Together at Home
Movie · as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Joy Reid Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Okoye
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Black Panther
Movie · as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · as Okoye
All Eyez on Me
Movie · as Afeni Shakur
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Movie · as Michonne (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Movie · as Fury (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mother of George
Movie · as Adenike Olumide Balogen
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Movie · as Self
Restless City
Movie · as Sisi
Talking Dead
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Soul to Take
Movie · as Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
Movie · as Woman in Blue Dress
The Walking Dead
TV · as Michonne Hawthorne · 135 eps
Lie to Me
TV · as Michelle Russo · 1 ep
Ghost Town
Movie · as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
Movie · as Zainab
Life on Mars
TV · as Angela · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Law & Order
TV · as Courtney Owens · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep