Danai Gurira
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1978
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm TBA
as Shirley Chisholm
The Thomas Crown Affair 2027
Actor
The Take 2027
Actor
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
Eclipsed 2020
Writer
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
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast 2014
as Fury (voice)
- The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
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
Credits from TMDB.