Acting
Danai Gurira
EN cinema · 26 credits
Born
14 February 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Also known as Danai Jekesai Gurira
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
The Take
Actor
Matchbox the Movie
as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
Black Panther
as Okoye
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
as Sisi
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
as Zainab