Danai Gurira
Born: 1978-02-14 in Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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
2024
- The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live as Michonne
- The Walking Dead: The Return as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2023
2022
2021
- What If...? as Okoye (voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist as Self
2020
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self (archive footage)
- Eclipsed ... (Writer)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Avengers: Endgame as Okoye
2018
- Avengers: Infinity War as Okoye
- Black Panther as Okoye
2017
- The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Michonne (voice)
- All Eyez on Me as Afeni Shakur
2015
2014
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Fury (voice)
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
- Mother of George as Adenike Olumide Balogen
- The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
2012
- Restless City as Sisi
2011
- Talking Dead as Self
2010
- The Walking Dead as Michonne Hawthorne
- My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste
- 3 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress
2009
- Lie to Me as Michelle Russo
2008
- Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost
- The Visitor as Zainab
- Life on Mars as Angela
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1990
- Law & Order as Courtney Owens
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self