Danai Gurira
Born in Grinnell, Iowa, USA — Feb 14 1978
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…
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Danai Gurira's Credits
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Law & Order
Courtney Owens
Invincible
Universa (voice)
The Walking Dead
Michonne Hawthorne
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
Avengers: Infinity War
Okoye
What If...?
Okoye (voice)
Lie to Me
Michelle Russo
Avengers: Endgame
Okoye
Life on Mars
Angela
The Oscars
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Panther
Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Michonne
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Fury (voice)
Ghost Town
Assorted Ghost
The Walking Dead: The Return
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
All Eyez on Me
Afeni Shakur
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self (archive footage)
The Visitor
Zainab
One World: Together at Home
Self
Matchbox
Helen
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
The Thomas Crown Affair
My Soul to Take
Jeanne-Baptiste
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Self
Here Comes the Flood
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Michonne (voice)
3 Backyards
Woman in Blue Dress
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Richard III
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self
Restless City
Sisi
Mother of George
Adenike Olumide Balogen
Eclipsed
Writing
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm