Actor
Danai Gurira
- Born February 14, 1978 in Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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.
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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
Avengers: Infinity War2018
Avengers: Endgame2019
Black Panther2018
The Walking Dead2010
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022
INVINCIBLE2021
What If...?2021
Lie to Me2009
Filmography
- TBAThe Fighting Shirley ChisholmFilmShirley Chisholm
- TBAThe TakeFilm
- 2027The Thomas Crown AffairFilm
- 2026Matchbox the MovieFilmHelen
- 2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveSeriesMichonne, Story, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- 2024The Walking Dead: The ReturnFilmSelf / Michonne Hawthorne
- 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverFilmSelf
- 2023Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIIFilmRichard III
- 2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverFilmOkoye
- 202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaFilmSelf
- 2021INVINCIBLESeriesUniversa (voice)
- 2021What If...?SeriesOkoye (voice)
- 2021Marvel Studios LegendsSeriesOkoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an ArtistFilmSelf
- 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020One World: Together at HomeFilmSelf
- 2020The Joy Reid ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2020EclipsedFilmWriter
- 2019Avengers: EndgameFilmOkoye
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2018Avengers: Infinity WarFilmOkoye
- 2018Black PantherFilmOkoye
- 2017All Eyez on MeFilmAfeni Shakur
- 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's WalkingFilmMichonne (voice)
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeriesSelf
- 2014Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeastFilmFury (voice)
- 2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSeriesSelf
- 2013Mother of GeorgeFilmAdenike Olumide Balogen
- 2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of DeadFilmSelf
- 2012Restless CityFilmSisi
- 2011Talking DeadSeriesSelf
- 2010The Walking DeadSeriesMichonne Hawthorne
- 2010My Soul to TakeFilmJeanne-Baptiste
- 20103 BackyardsFilmWoman in Blue Dress
- 2009Lie to MeSeriesMichelle Russo
- 2008Ghost TownFilmAssorted Ghost
- 2008The VisitorFilmZainab
- 2008Life on MarsSeriesAngela
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SeriesSelf - Guest
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeriesMarei Rosa Rumbidzai
- 1997The ViewSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1996The Daily ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1990Law & OrderSeriesCourtney Owens
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf