Danai 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
2023
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
2008
The Visitor
as Zainab
2008
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
2010
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
2010
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
2023
Restless City
as Sisi
2012
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
2013
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
2022
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
as Self
2013
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2024
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
2014
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
2017
Black Panther
as Okoye
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
as Okoye
2018
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
2017
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
2022
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
2019
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
TBA
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
2021
TV Appearances
The Walking Dead
as Michonne Hawthorne
2010
What If...?
as Okoye (voice)
2021
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Marvel Studios Legends
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Talking Dead
as Self
2011
Law & Order
as Courtney Owens
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Michonne
2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
2019
Life on Mars
as Angela
2008
The View
as Self - Guest
1997