Danai Gurira
- Acting
- February 14, 1978 · 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
Filmography
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Matchbox the Movie · Helen
- The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live · Michonne, Story
- The Walking Dead: The Return · Self / Michonne Hawthorne
- Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III · Richard III
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Self
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Okoye
- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda · Self
- What If...? · Okoye (Voice)
- Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist · Self
- INVINCIBLE · Universa (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends · Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King · Self
- The Joy Reid Show · Self
- One World: Together at Home · Self
- Eclipsed · Writer
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Avengers: Endgame · Okoye
- Avengers: Infinity War · Okoye
- Black Panther · Okoye
- The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking · Michonne (Voice)
- All Eyez on Me · Afeni Shakur
- The Day Will Come When You Won't Be · Michonne
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast · Fury (Voice)
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Too Far Gone · Michonne
- The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead · Self
- Mother of George · Adenike Olumide Balogen
- Restless City · Sisi
- Talking Dead · Self
- The Walking Dead · Michonne Hawthorne
- My Soul to Take · Jeanne-Baptiste
- 3 Backyards · Woman in Blue Dress
- Lie to Me · Michelle Russo
- Life on Mars · Angela
- Ghost Town · Assorted Ghost
- The Visitor · Zainab
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
- The View · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- Law & Order · Courtney Owens
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- The Fighting Shirley Chisholm · Shirley Chisholm
- Here Comes the Flood