Name
Danai Gurira
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-02-14 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self
- 2008 Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost
- 2008 The Visitor as Zainab
- 2010 My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste
- 2010 3 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress
- 2023 Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III as Richard III
- 2012 Restless City as Sisi
- 2013 Mother of George as Adenike Olumide Balogen
- 2022 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self
- 2013 The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
- 2024 The Walking Dead: The Return as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
- 2014 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Fury (voice)
- 2017 All Eyez on Me as Afeni Shakur
- 2018 Black Panther as Okoye
- 2018 Avengers: Infinity War as Okoye
- 2017 The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Michonne (voice)
- 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Okoye
- 2019 Avengers: Endgame as Okoye
- Soon The Fighting Shirley Chisholm as Shirley Chisholm
- 2021 Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2020 One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 Matchbox as Helen
- 2027 The Thomas Crown Affair
- Soon Here Comes the Flood
- 2016 The Day Will Come When You Won't Be as Michonne
- 2010 The Walking Dead ( 135 episodes ) as Michonne Hawthorne
- 2021 What If...? ( 3 episodes ) as Okoye (voice)
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2021 Marvel Studios Legends ( 4 episodes ) as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 Talking Dead ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Courtney Owens
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live ( 6 episodes ) as Michonne
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2008 Life on Mars ( 1 episode ) as Angela
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Michelle Russo
- 2021 INVINCIBLE ( 1 episode ) as Universa (voice)
