Danai Gurira

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.

Known For

Self

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Assorted Ghost

Ghost Town

Zainab

The Visitor

Jeanne-Baptiste

My Soul to Take

Woman in Blue Dress

3 Backyards

Richard III

Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

Sisi

Restless City

Adenike Olumide Balogen

Mother of George

Self

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Self

The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead

Self / Michonne Hawthorne

The Walking Dead: The Return

Fury (voice)

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Barbecue

Afeni Shakur

All Eyez on Me

Okoye

Black Panther

Okoye

Avengers: Infinity War

Michonne (voice)

The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

Okoye

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Okoye

Avengers: Endgame

Shirley Chisholm

The Fighting Shirley Chisholm

Self

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

Self

One World: Together at Home

Self (archive footage)

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Matchbox