Danai Gurira
Acting
Born 1978-02-14 · 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.
Known for
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Movie
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Movie
Black Panther
2018 · Movie
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Movie
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 · Movie
Ghost Town
2008 · Movie
All Eyez on Me
2017 · Movie
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 · Movie
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Movie
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Movie
The Visitor
2008 · Movie
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021 · Movie
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 · Movie
My Soul to Take
2010 · Movie
Restless City
2012 · Movie
Mother of George
2013 · Movie
3 Backyards
2010 · Movie
Matchbox
Releases Oct 8, 2026
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 · Movie
Here Comes the Flood
— · Movie
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023 · Movie