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 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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Filmography
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
Matchbox: The Movie
2026
as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
as Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Okoye
Black Panther
2018
as Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
as Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me
2017
as Afeni Shakur
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
2016
as Michonne
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Fury (voice)
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The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
as Self
Mother of George
2013
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
2012
as Sisi
My Soul to Take
2010
as Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
2010
as Woman in Blue Dress
Ghost Town
2008
as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
2008
as Zainab