Danai Gurira
Known for
Acting
Born
February 14, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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 R...
Best known work
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Black Panther
2018
The Walking Dead
2010
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
INVINCIBLE
2021
What If...?
2021
Lie to Me
2009
All Eyez on Me
2017
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014Filmography
TBA
The Fighting Shirley Chisholmas Shirley Chisholm
TBA
2027
2026
Matchbox the Movieas Helen
2024
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveTVas Michonne (6 episodes), Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Creator
2024
The Walking Dead: The Returnas Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2023
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIIas Richard III
2023
2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Foreveras Okoye
2022
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a Kingas Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
One World: Together at Homeas Self
2020
EclipsedWriter
2019
2019
Avengers: Endgameas Okoye
2018
Avengers: Infinity Waras Okoye
2018
Black Pantheras Okoye
2017
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walkingas Michonne (voice)
2017
All Eyez on Meas Afeni Shakur
2016
The Day Will Come When You Won't Beas Michonne