Danai Gurira
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday14 February 1978 (48 years old)
Place of birthGrinnell, Iowa, USA
Known credits47
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 Awa…
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
Matchbox the Movie
2026 · Helen
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Michonne
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Story
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Executive Producer
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Writer
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Creator
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 · Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023 · Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 · Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 · Self
What If...?
2021 · Okoye (voice)
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021 · Self
INVINCIBLE
2021 · Universa (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 · Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Self (archive footage)
The Joy Reid Show
2020 · Self - Guest
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Self
Eclipsed
2020 · Writer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Okoye
Black Panther
2018 · Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me
2017 · Afeni Shakur
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
2016 · Michonne
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 · Fury (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013 · Self
Mother of George
2013 · Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
2012 · Sisi
Talking Dead
2011 · Self
The Walking Dead
2010 · Michonne Hawthorne
My Soul to Take
2010 · Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
2010 · Woman in Blue Dress
Lie to Me
2009 · Michelle Russo
Life on Mars
2008 · Angela
Ghost Town
2008 · Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
2008 · Zainab
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990 · Courtney Owens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953 · Self
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