About
Danai Gurira
Overview
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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Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | Actor | Michonne | 78 Good |
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Return | Actor | Self / Michonne Hawthorne | 61 Fair |
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Return | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III | Actor | Richard III | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Actor | Okoye | 70 Good |
| 2022 | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Actor | Okoye | 82 Very good |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Actor | Okoye | 82 Very good |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Actor | Okoye | 73 Good |
| 2017 | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Actor | Michonne (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | All Eyez on Me | Actor | Afeni Shakur | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Actor | Fury (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Mother of George | Actor | Adenike Olumide Balogen | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Restless City | Actor | Sisi | 59 Average |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take | Actor | Jeanne-Baptiste | 56 Average |
| 2010 | 3 Backyards | Actor | Woman in Blue Dress | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Ghost Town | Actor | Assorted Ghost | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Actor | Zainab | 64 Fair |
| The Fighting Shirley Chisholm | Actor | Shirley Chisholm | N/A N/A |
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| Barbecue | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Walking Dead: Summit | Actor | Michonne | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 2020 | Eclipsed | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | Production | Executive Producer | 78 Good |