Danai Gurira
Known for Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Okoye
Black Panther
2018
as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Okoye
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Fury (voice)
All Eyez on Me
2017
as Afeni Shakur
Ghost Town
2008
as Assorted Ghost
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
My Soul to Take
2010
as Jeanne-Baptiste
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes the Flood
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Matchbox
2026
as Helen
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
The Visitor
2008
as Zainab
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
as Michonne (voice)
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
3 Backyards
2010
as Woman in Blue Dress
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
as Richard III
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
as Self