Actor
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
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