Danai Gurira
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Danai Gurira

Feb 14, 1978 - Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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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Movie2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverSelf
Movie2008Ghost TownAssorted Ghost
Movie2008The VisitorZainab
Movie2010My Soul to TakeJeanne-Baptiste
Movie20103 BackyardsWoman in Blue Dress
Movie2023Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIIRichard III
Movie2012Restless CitySisi
Movie2013Mother of GeorgeAdenike Olumide Balogen
Movie202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaSelf
Movie2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of DeadSelf
Movie2024The Walking Dead: The ReturnSelf / Michonne Hawthorne
Movie2014Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeastFury (voice)
Movie2017All Eyez on MeAfeni Shakur
Movie2018Black PantherOkoye
Movie2018Avengers: Infinity WarOkoye
Movie2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's WalkingMichonne (voice)
Movie2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverOkoye
Movie2019Avengers: EndgameOkoye
MovieN/AThe Fighting Shirley ChisholmShirley Chisholm
Movie2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an ArtistSelf
Movie2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
Movie2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf (archive footage)
MovieN/AMatchbox
Movie2027The Thomas Crown Affair
TV Show2010The Walking DeadMichonne Hawthorne135
TV Show2021What If...?Okoye (voice)3
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf3
TV Show2021Marvel Studios LegendsOkoye (archive footage) (uncredited)4
TV Show2011Talking DeadSelf1
TV Show1990Law & OrderCourtney Owens1
TV Show2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentMarei Rosa Rumbidzai1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self2
TV Show2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveMichonne6
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2008Life on MarsAngela1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2009Lie to MeMichelle Russo1

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Movie2020EclipsedWriterWriting
TV Show2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveStoryWriting
TV Show2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveWriterWriting
TV Show2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveCreatorCreator