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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order

The Daily Show

The Walking Dead

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

INVINCIBLE

Avengers: Infinity War

The View

All Movies (26)

• The Thomas Crown Affair2027
• Matchbox2026 · as Helen
• The Walking Dead: The Return2024 · as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
• Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III2023 · as Richard III
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2023 · as Self
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022 · as Okoye
• 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda2022 · as Self
• Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist2021 · as Self
• Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• One World: Together at Home2020 · as Self
• Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Okoye
• Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as Okoye
• Black Panther2018 · as Okoye
• The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking2017 · as Michonne (voice)
• All Eyez on Me2017 · as Afeni Shakur
• Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast2014 · as Fury (voice)
• The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead2013 · as Self
• Mother of George2013 · as Adenike Olumide Balogen
• Restless City2012 · as Sisi
• My Soul to Take2010 · as Jeanne-Baptiste
• 3 Backyards2010 · as Woman in Blue Dress
• Ghost Town2008 · as Assorted Ghost
• The Visitor2008 · as Zainab
• The Fighting Shirley Chisholm— · as Shirley Chisholm
• Here Comes the Flood—
• The Day Will Come When You Wont Be— · as Michonne

All TV Shows (18)

• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live2024 · as Michonne
• What If...?2021 · as Okoye (voice)
• INVINCIBLE2021 · as Universa (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Talking Dead2011 · as Self
• The Walking Dead2010 · as Michonne Hawthorne
• Lie to Me2009 · as Michelle Russo
• Life on Mars2008 · as Angela
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Law & Order1990 · as Courtney Owens
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self