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Danai Jekesai Gurira
Danai Gurira
Acting
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 Awa…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Thomas Crown Affair
Matchbox
as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
One World: Together at Home
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Michonne · 6 ep.
INVINCIBLE
as Universa (voice) · 1 ep.
What If...?
as Okoye (voice) · 3 ep.
Marvel Studios Legends
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) · 4 ep.
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 1 ep.
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 1 ep.
Talking Dead
as Self · 1 ep.
The Walking Dead
as Michonne Hawthorne · 135 ep.
Lie to Me
as Michelle Russo · 1 ep.