Danai Gurira
Acting
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
Acting44
movieMatchbox
2026
Helen
movieThe Walking Dead: The Return
2024
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
tvWhat If...?
2021
Okoye (voice)
tvINVINCIBLE
2021
Universa (voice)
tvMarvel Studios Legends
2021
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieChadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
movieAll Eyez on Me
2017
Afeni Shakur
movieMother of George
2013
Adenike Olumide Balogen
tvThe Walking Dead
2010
Michonne Hawthorne
movieMy Soul to Take
2010
Jeanne-Baptiste
movie3 Backyards
2010
Woman in Blue Dress
tvLie to Me
2009
Michelle Russo
tvLife on Mars
2008
Angela
movieGhost Town
2008
Assorted Ghost
movieThe Visitor
2008
Zainab
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest
tvThe Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
tvLaw & Order
1990
Courtney Owens
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Writing2
tvThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
Story, Writer
movieEclipsed
2020
Writer
Creator1
Production1
tvThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
Executive Producer