Danai Gurira

Acting · Born 1978-02-14 in Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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:…

Filmography

• The Visitor as Zainab
• Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Fury (voice)
• Black Panther as Okoye
• Avengers: Infinity War as Okoye
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Okoye
• Avengers: Endgame as Okoye
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self
• Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost
• My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste
• 3 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress

TV

• The Walking Dead as Michonne Hawthorne
• What If...? as Okoye (voice)
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live as Michonne
• Lie to Me as Michelle Russo
• The Daily Show as Self - Guest
• Marvel Studios Legends as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Talking Dead as Self
• Law & Order as Courtney Owens
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest