Danai Gurira
Known for ActingBorn 1978-02-14Grinnell, 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. 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.
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Known for
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · as Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · as Okoye
Black Panther
2018 · as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · as Okoye
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 · as Fury (voice)
Ghost Town
2008 · as Assorted Ghost
All Eyez on Me
2017 · as Afeni Shakur
Matchbox
2026 · as Helen
The Visitor
2008 · as Zainab
My Soul to Take
2010 · as Jeanne-Baptiste
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 · as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
One World: Together at Home
2020 · as Self
3 Backyards
2010 · as Woman in Blue Dress
Here Comes the Flood
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
The Day Will Come When You Wont Be
as Michonne
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · as Michonne (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 · as Self