Danai Gurira
Known for Acting · 44 credits
- Born
- 1978-02-14 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Grinnell, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Danai Jekesai Gurira
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (18)
Law & Order
1990
as Courtney Owens
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Walking Dead
2010
as Michonne Hawthorne
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Universa (voice)
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
What If...?
2021
as Okoye (voice)
Lie to Me
2009
as Michelle Russo
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Talking Dead
2011
as Self
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
as Michonne
Life on Mars
2008
as Angela
Movies (26)
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Okoye
Black Panther
2018
as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Okoye
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Fury (voice)
Ghost Town
2008
as Assorted Ghost
Matchbox
2026
as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
The Visitor
2008
as Zainab
All Eyez on Me
2017
as Afeni Shakur
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
as Michonne (voice)
My Soul to Take
2010
as Jeanne-Baptiste
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
Here Comes the Flood
3 Backyards
2010
as Woman in Blue Dress
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Mother of George
2013
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
as Self
Restless City
2012
as Sisi
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
as Richard III
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
carl poppa
2014
as Michonne Hawthorne
About Danai Gurira
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 r… With 44 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Danai Gurira has appeared in 26 films and 18 TV shows.
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- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — as Okoye
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) — as Okoye
- Black Panther (2018) — as Okoye
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — as Okoye
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014) — as Fury (voice)
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