Personal Info
Known Credits
23
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1978-02-14 (47 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Also Known For
Данай Гуріра戴娜·葛里拉
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 n ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
The Walking Dead: The Return
| Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2023 --
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
| Richard III
2023 --
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
| Self
2022 --
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
| Okoye
2022 --
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
| Self
2021 --
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
| Self
2020 --
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
| Self (archive footage)
2020 --
One World: Together at Home
| Self
2019 --
Avengers: Endgame
| Okoye
2018 --
Avengers: Infinity War
| Okoye
2018 --
Black Panther
| Okoye
2017 --
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
| Michonne (voice)
2017 --
All Eyez on Me
| Afeni Shakur
2014 --
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
| Fury (voice)
2013 --
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
| Self
2013 --
Mother of George
| Adenike Olumide Balogen
2012 --
Restless City
| Sisi
2010 --
My Soul to Take
| Jeanne-Baptiste
2010 --
3 Backyards
| Woman in Blue Dress
2008 --
Ghost Town
| Assorted Ghost
2008 --
The Visitor
| Zainab