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Danai Gurira

Acting

Danai Gurira

Born
(age 48)
Birthplace
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Credits
45 titles

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.

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Known For

Acting credits 44

YearTitleRole
TBA The Fighting Shirley Chisholm Film Shirley Chisholm
TBA The Take Film
2027 The Thomas Crown Affair Film
2026 Matchbox the Movie Film Helen
2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live TV Michonne (6 ep)
2024 The Walking Dead: The Return Film Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2023 Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III Film Richard III
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Film Self
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Film Okoye
2022 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda Film Self
2021 What If...? TV Okoye (voice) (3 ep)
2021 Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist Film Self
2021 INVINCIBLE TV Universa (voice) (1 ep)
2021 Marvel Studios Legends TV Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) (4 ep)
2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King Film Self (archive footage)
2020 The Joy Reid Show TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2020 One World: Together at Home Film Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2019 Avengers: Endgame Film Okoye
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Film Okoye
2018 Black Panther Film Okoye
2017 The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Film Michonne (voice)
2017 All Eyez on Me Film Afeni Shakur
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self (1 ep)
2014 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast Film Fury (voice)
2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones TV Self (1 ep)
2013 The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead Film Self
2013 Mother of George Film Adenike Olumide Balogen
2012 Restless City Film Sisi
2011 Talking Dead TV Self (1 ep)
2010 The Walking Dead TV Michonne Hawthorne (135 ep)
2010 My Soul to Take Film Jeanne-Baptiste
2010 3 Backyards Film Woman in Blue Dress
2009 Lie to Me TV Michelle Russo (1 ep)
2008 Life on Mars TV Angela (1 ep)
2008 Ghost Town Film Assorted Ghost
2008 The Visitor Film Zainab
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Self - Guest (2 ep)
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV Marei Rosa Rumbidzai (1 ep)
1997 The View TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
1996 The Daily Show TV Self - Guest (3 ep)
1990 Law & Order TV Courtney Owens (1 ep)
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
1953 The Oscars TV Self (1 ep)

Crew credits 2

YearTitleJob
2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live TV Story, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (1 ep)
2020 Eclipsed Film Writer
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