Danai Gurira

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

42

Gender

Female

Birthday

1978-02-14 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Grinnell, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

  • Данай Гуріра
  • 戴娜·葛里拉
  • دانای گوریرا
  • دانای گوریره

Danai Gurira

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.

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Known For

Avengers: Infinity War
8.2%

Avengers: Infinity War

Apr 25, 2018

Avengers: Endgame
8.2%

Avengers: Endgame

Apr 24, 2019

Black Panther
7.4%

Black Panther

Feb 13, 2018

The Walking Dead
8.1%

The Walking Dead

Oct 31, 2010

What If...?
8.1%

What If...?

Aug 11, 2021

Lie to Me
7.9%

Lie to Me

Jan 21, 2009

All Eyez on Me
6.7%

All Eyez on Me

Jun 12, 2017

Ghost Town
6.5%

Ghost Town

Sep 19, 2008

Marvel Studios Legends
7.4%

Marvel Studios Legends

Jan 8, 2021

Law & Order
7.4%

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

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Acting

Barbecue
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm as Shirley Chisholm
Matchbox
2024
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live as Michonne
2024
The Walking Dead: The Return as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2023
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III as Richard III
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self
2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Okoye
2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self
2021
What If...? as Okoye (voice)
2021
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist as Self
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self (archive footage)
2020
One World: Together at Home as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Okoye
2018
Avengers: Infinity War as Okoye
2018
Black Panther as Okoye
2017
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Michonne (voice)
2017
All Eyez on Me as Afeni Shakur
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2014
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Fury (voice)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
2013
Mother of George as Adenike Olumide Balogen
2012
Restless City as Sisi
2011
Talking Dead as Self
2010
The Walking Dead as Michonne Hawthorne
2010
My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste
2010
3 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress
2009
Lie to Me as Michelle Russo
2008
Life on Mars as Angela
2008
Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost
2008
The Visitor as Zainab
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
1997
The View as Self - Guest
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1990
Law & Order as Courtney Owens
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953
The Oscars as Self

Production

2024
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live as Executive Producer
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