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
Avengers: Infinity War
Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
Okoye
The Walking Dead
Michonne Hawthorne
Black Panther
Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Fury (voice)
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Michonne
All Eyez on Me
Afeni Shakur
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Filmography
Acting (46)
Movies (26)
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027 UpcomingMar 4
Matchbox
2026 Upcomingas Helen
Oct 8
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023as Self
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023as Richard III
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022as Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021as Self
One World: Together at Home
2020as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020as Self (archive footage)
Avengers: Endgame
2019as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018as Okoye
Black Panther
2018as Okoye
All Eyez on Me
2017as Afeni Shakur
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017as Michonne (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014as Fury (voice)
Mother of George
2013as Adenike Olumide Balogen
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013as Self
Restless City
2012as Sisi
3 Backyards
2010as Woman in Blue Dress
My Soul to Take
2010as Jeanne-Baptiste
Ghost Town
2008as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
2008as Zainab
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
Here Comes the Flood
Odesseus
Television (20)
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024as Michonne
Invincible
2021as Universa (voice)
What If...?
2021as Okoye (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014as Self
Talking Dead
2011as Self
The Walking Dead
2010as Michonne Hawthorne
The Walking Dead
2010as Michonne Hawthorne
Lie to Me
2009as Michelle Russo
Life on Mars
2008as Angela
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The View
1997as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996as Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990as Courtney Owens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953as Self
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