Acting · Grinnell, Iowa, USA · Born February 14, 1978
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.
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
MovieMatchbox
2026
as Helen
TVThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
as Michonne
MovieThe Walking Dead: The Return
2024
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
MovieShakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
as Richard III
MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self
MovieBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Okoye
Movie20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self
TVWhat If...?
2021
as Okoye (voice)
MovieChadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
TVINVINCIBLE
2021
as Universa (voice)
TVMarvel Studios Legends
2021
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieChadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieAvengers: Endgame
2019
as Okoye
MovieAvengers: Infinity War
2018
as Okoye
MovieBlack Panther
2018
as Okoye
MovieThe Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
as Michonne (voice)
MovieAll Eyez on Me
2017
as Afeni Shakur
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
2016
as Michonne
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieTinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Fury (voice)
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
as Self
MovieMother of George
2013
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
MovieRestless City
2012
as Sisi
TVTalking Dead
2011
as Self
TVThe Walking Dead
2010
as Michonne Hawthorne
MovieMy Soul to Take
2010
as Jeanne-Baptiste
Movie3 Backyards
2010
as Woman in Blue Dress
TVLie to Me
2009
as Michelle Russo
TVLife on Mars
2008
as Angela
MovieGhost Town
2008
as Assorted Ghost
MovieThe Visitor
2008
as Zainab
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Courtney Owens
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
MovieHere Comes the Flood
