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Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

Actor · Born 1978-02-14 · Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — Okoye
  2. Avengers: Endgame (2019) — Okoye
  3. Black Panther (2018) — Okoye
  4. The Walking Dead (2010) — Michonne Hawthorne
  5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — Okoye
  6. INVINCIBLE (2021) — Universa (voice)
  7. What If...? (2021) — Okoye (voice)
  8. Lie to Me (2009) — Michelle Russo
  9. All Eyez on Me (2017) — Afeni Shakur
  10. Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014) — Fury (voice)
  11. Ghost Town (2008) — Assorted Ghost
  12. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024) — Michonne
  13. Marvel Studios Legends (2021) — Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
  14. Law & Order (1990) — Courtney Owens
  15. The Daily Show (1996) — Self - Guest
  16. My Soul to Take (2010) — Jeanne-Baptiste
  17. The Visitor (2008) — Zainab
  18. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
  19. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
  20. The Walking Dead: The Return (2024) — Self / Michonne Hawthorne
  21. The View (1997) — Self - Guest
  22. Life on Mars (2008) — Angela
  23. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  24. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self - Guest
  25. Talking Dead (2011) — Self
  26. Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023) — Self
  27. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest
  28. Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020) — Self (archive footage)
  29. The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (2017) — Michonne (voice)
  30. One World: Together at Home (2020) — Self
  31. Mother of George (2013) — Adenike Olumide Balogen
  32. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  33. 3 Backyards (2010) — Woman in Blue Dress
  34. The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead (2013) — Self
  35. Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist (2021) — Self
  36. 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022) — Self
  37. Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014) — Self
  38. Restless City (2012) — Sisi
  39. Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III (2023) — Richard III
  40. The Fighting Shirley Chisholm — Shirley Chisholm