Danai Gurira
Acting
Born: Feb 14, 1978
From: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thomas Crown Affair | 2027 | — | |
| Matchbox | Helen | 2026 | — |
| The Walking Dead: The Return | Self / Michonne Hawthorne | 2024 | 7.336 |
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | 2023 | 6.273 |
| Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III | Richard III | 2023 | — |
| 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | 2022 | 3.7 |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Okoye | 2022 | 7.0 |
| Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | 2021 | 8.0 |
| What If...? TV | Okoye (voice) | 2021 | 8.058 |
| Marvel Studios Legends TV | Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021 | 7.362 |
| One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020 | 7.1 |
| Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self (archive footage) | 2020 | 8.1 |
| Avengers: Endgame | Okoye | 2019 | 8.234 |
| Black Panther | Okoye | 2018 | 7.4 |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Okoye | 2018 | 8.234 |
| All Eyez on Me | Afeni Shakur | 2017 | 6.711 |
| The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Michonne (voice) | 2017 | 7.2 |
| Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Fury (voice) | 2014 | 7.36 |
| Mother of George | Adenike Olumide Balogen | 2013 | 5.3 |
| The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead | Self | 2013 | 7.6 |
| Restless City | Sisi | 2012 | 5.3 |
| Talking Dead TV | Self | 2011 | 7.267 |
| My Soul to Take | Jeanne-Baptiste | 2010 | 5.472 |
| 3 Backyards | Woman in Blue Dress | 2010 | 4.3 |
| The Walking Dead TV | Michonne Hawthorne | 2010 | 8.081 |
| Ghost Town | Assorted Ghost | 2008 | 6.523 |
| The Visitor | Zainab | 2008 | 7.126 |
| The Daily Show TV | Self - Guest | 1996 | 6.427 |
| The Fighting Shirley Chisholm | Shirley Chisholm | — | |
| Here Comes the Flood | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1978 |
| From | Grinnell, Iowa, USA |