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.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
The Thomas Crown Affair
Character:
MOVIE • 2027
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Character: Michonne
TV • 2024
The Walking Dead: The Return
Character: Self / Michonne Hawthorne
MOVIE • 2024
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Character: Richard III
MOVIE • 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Character: Okoye
MOVIE • 2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
What If...?
Character: Okoye (voice)
TV • 2021
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Character: Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV • 2021
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2020
One World: Together at Home
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
TV • 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Character: Okoye
MOVIE • 2019
Avengers: Infinity War
Character: Okoye
MOVIE • 2018
Black Panther
Character: Okoye
MOVIE • 2018
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Character: Michonne (voice)
MOVIE • 2017
All Eyez on Me
Character: Afeni Shakur
MOVIE • 2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
TV • 2015
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Character: Fury (voice)
MOVIE • 2014
Crew
