Danai Gurira
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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
Credits
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
as Okoye
Black Panther (2018)
as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
as Okoye
Matchbox the Movie (2026)
as Helen
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
as Fury (voice)
All Eyez on Me (2017)
as Afeni Shakur
The Thomas Crown Affair (2027)
Actor
Ghost Town (2008)
as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor (2008)
as Zainab
My Soul to Take (2010)
as Jeanne-Baptiste
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023)
as Self
One World: Together at Home (2020)
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (2017)
as Michonne (voice)
The Walking Dead: The Return (2024)
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Here Comes the Flood (—)
Actor
3 Backyards (2010)
as Woman in Blue Dress
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist (2021)
as Self
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead (2013)
as Self
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (2016)
as Michonne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III (2023)
as Richard III
Mother of George (2013)
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm (—)
as Shirley Chisholm
Too Far Gone (2013)
as Michonne
Restless City (2012)
as Sisi
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022)
as Self