Danai Gurira
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.
Filmography (46 titles)
MovieThe Thomas Crown Affair
2027
MovieMatchbox the Movie
Helen · 2026
6.2ShowEyes of Wakanda
Okoye (Voice) · 2025
8.0ShowThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Michonne · 2024
7.4MovieThe Walking Dead: The Return
Self / Michonne Hawthorne · 2024
MovieShakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Richard III · 2023
6.3MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self · 2023
7.0MovieBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye · 2022
4.3Movie20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self · 2022
8.0ShowWhat If...?
Okoye (voice) · 2021
8.0MovieChadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self · 2021
8.6ShowINVINCIBLE
Universa (voice) · 2021
7.4ShowMarvel Studios Legends
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2021
8.1MovieChadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self (archive footage) · 2020
4.0ShowThe Joy Reid Show
Self - Guest · 2020
7.1MovieOne World: Together at Home
Self · 2020
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest · 2019
8.2MovieAvengers: Endgame
Okoye · 2019
8.2MovieAvengers: Infinity War
Okoye · 2018
7.4MovieBlack Panther
Okoye · 2018
7.0MovieThe Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Michonne (voice) · 2017
6.7MovieAll Eyez on Me
Afeni Shakur · 2017
MovieThe Day Will Come When You Won't Be
Michonne · 2016
6.2ShowClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2015