
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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Known For
Acting History
2027
The Thomas Crown Affair
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live as Michonne
2024The Walking Dead: The Return as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2023Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III as Richard III
2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self
2022Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Okoye
202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self
2021What If...? as Okoye (voice)
2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist as Self
2021Marvel Studios Legends as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self (archive footage)
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Avengers: Endgame as Okoye
2018Avengers: Infinity War as Okoye
2018Black Panther as Okoye
2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Michonne (voice)
2017All Eyez on Me as Afeni Shakur
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2014Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Fury (voice)
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
2013Mother of George as Adenike Olumide Balogen
2012Restless City as Sisi
2011Talking Dead as Self
2010The Walking Dead as Michonne Hawthorne
2010My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste
20103 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress
2009Lie to Me as Michelle Russo
2008Life on Mars as Angela
2008Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost
2008The Visitor as Zainab
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
1997The View as Self - Guest
1996The Daily Show as Self
1990Law & Order as Courtney Owens
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953The Oscars as Self
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—Here Comes the Flood
—The Fighting Shirley Chisholm as Shirley Chisholm









