Danai Gurira
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.
Born: February 14, 1978
Place of Birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Michonne
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
as Richard III
as Okoye
as Okoye (voice)
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Okoye
as Okoye
as Okoye
as Michonne (voice)
as Afeni Shakur
as Fury (voice)
as Self
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
as Sisi
as Self
as Michonne Hawthorne
as Jeanne-Baptiste
as Woman in Blue Dress
as Michelle Russo
as Angela
as Assorted Ghost
as Zainab
as Self
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Courtney Owens
as Self - Guest
as Self