Danai Gurira
Acting
Born: 1978-02-14 in 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
Law & Order
Courtney Owens
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
The Walking Dead
Michonne Hawthorne
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The View
Self - Guest
Avengers: Infinity War
Okoye
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Avengers: Endgame
Okoye
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
INVINCIBLE
Universa (voice)
What If...?
Okoye (voice)
The Joy Reid Show
Self - Guest
Lie to Me
Michelle Russo
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye
Black Panther
Okoye
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
The Oscars
Self
Talking Dead
Self
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Michonne
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Fury (voice)
Eyes of Wakanda
Okoye (Voice)
Matchbox the Movie
Helen
Life on Mars
Angela
Ghost Town
Assorted Ghost
All Eyez on Me
Afeni Shakur
My Soul to Take
Jeanne-Baptiste
The Thomas Crown Affair
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
The Visitor
Zainab
The Walking Dead: The Return
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
One World: Together at Home
Self
3 Backyards
Woman in Blue Dress
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self (archive footage)
Here Comes the Flood
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Michonne (voice)
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
Too Far Gone
Michonne