Danai Gurira
Acting • Born 1978-02-14
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.
Filmography
43 credits
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Movie • 2023
Self
Ghost Town
Movie • 2008
Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
Movie • 2008
Zainab
My Soul to Take
Movie • 2010
Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
Movie • 2010
Woman in Blue Dress
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Movie • 2023
Richard III
Restless City
Movie • 2012
Sisi
Mother of George
Movie • 2013
Adenike Olumide Balogen
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Movie • 2022
Self
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Movie • 2013
Self
The Walking Dead: The Return
Movie • 2024
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Movie • 2014
Fury (voice)
All Eyez on Me
Movie • 2017
Afeni Shakur
Black Panther
Movie • 2018
Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie • 2018
Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Movie • 2017
Michonne (voice)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Movie • 2022
Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
Movie • 2019
Okoye
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Movie
Shirley Chisholm
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Movie • 2021
Self
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Matchbox
Movie • 2026
Helen
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie • 2027
Here Comes the Flood
Movie
Odesseus
Movie
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Michonne Hawthorne
What If...?
TV • 2021
Okoye (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talking Dead
TV • 2011
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Courtney Owens
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TV • 2024
Michonne
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Life on Mars
TV • 2008
Angela
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Michelle Russo