
Danai Gurira
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1978-02-14
Place of birth: 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 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

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023Self
Ghost Town
2008Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
2008Zainab
My Soul to Take
2010Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
2010Woman in Blue Dress
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023Richard III
Restless City
2012Sisi
Mother of George
2013Adenike Olumide Balogen
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022SelfThe Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013Self
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014Fury (voice)
All Eyez on Me
2017Afeni Shakur
Black Panther
2018Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017Michonne (voice)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019OkoyeThe Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm