Danai Gurira

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: Acting

Born: Grinnell, Iowa, USA, 1978-02-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2008	The Visitor	Zainab	72
2	2008	Ghost Town	Assorted Ghost	65
3	2010	3 Backyards	Woman in Blue Dress	42
4	2010	My Soul to Take	Jeanne-Baptiste	55
5	2012	Restless City	Sisi	53
6	2013	Mother of George	Adenike Olumide Balogen	54
7	2013	The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead	Self	76
8	2014	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	Fury (voice)	74
9	2017	All Eyez on Me	Afeni Shakur	67
10	2017	The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking	Michonne (voice)	72
11	2018	Black Panther	Okoye	74
12	2018	Avengers: Infinity War	Okoye	82
13	2019	Avengers: Endgame	Okoye	82
14	2020	One World: Together at Home	Self	70
15	2020	Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King	Self (archive footage)	81
16	2021	Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist	Self	82
17	2022	20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda	Self	49
18	2022	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Okoye	71
19	2023	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Self	65
20	2023	Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III	Richard III	0
21	2024	The Walking Dead: The Return	Self / Michonne Hawthorne	73
22		The Fighting Shirley Chisholm	Shirley Chisholm	0
23		Matchbox		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
3	1990	Law & Order	Courtney Owens	74
4	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
5	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
6	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Marei Rosa Rumbidzai	76
7	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
8	2008	Life on Mars	Angela	65
9	2009	Lie to Me	Michelle Russo	79
10	2010	The Walking Dead	Michonne Hawthorne	81
11	2011	Talking Dead	Self	73
12	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
13	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
14	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
15	2021	Marvel Studios Legends	Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)	74
16	2021	What If...?	Okoye (voice)	81
17	2024	The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live	Michonne	79

Danai Gurira

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