Danai Gurira
Acting
- Born:
- 1978-02-14
- Place of birth:
- 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: The Ones Who Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Take
Matchbox the Movie
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
The Walking Dead: The Return
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
What If...?
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
INVINCIBLE
Marvel Studios Legends
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
The Joy Reid Show
One World: Together at Home
Eclipsed
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
All Eyez on Me
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Off Camera with Sam Jones
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Mother of George
Restless City
Talking Dead
The Walking Dead
My Soul to Take
3 Backyards
Lie to Me
Life on Mars
Ghost Town
The Visitor
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The View
The Daily Show
Law & Order
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm