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Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

ActingBorn February 14, 1978 (age 48)Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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

2026
Matchbox

as Helen

Movie
2024
The Walking Dead: The Return

as Self / Michonne Hawthorne

Movie
2021
What If...?

as Okoye (voice)

TV
2021
INVINCIBLE

as Universa (voice)

TV
2021
Marvel Studios Legends

as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
2020Movie
2019TV
2019Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2017
All Eyez on Me

as Afeni Shakur

Movie
2013
Mother of George

as Adenike Olumide Balogen

Movie
2012Movie
2011TV
2010
The Walking Dead

as Michonne Hawthorne

TV
2010
My Soul to Take

as Jeanne-Baptiste

Movie
2010
3 Backyards

as Woman in Blue Dress

Movie
2009
Lie to Me

as Michelle Russo

TV
2008
Life on Mars

as Angela

TV
2008
Ghost Town

as Assorted Ghost

Movie
2008
The Visitor

as Zainab

Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1996
The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Courtney Owens

TV
1988TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 14, 1978
Place of BirthGrinnell, Iowa, USA
Popularity1.8