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.
Born: 14 February 1978
Played In
The Thomas Crown Affair
Matchbox
Helen
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Michonne
The Walking Dead: The Return
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
What If...?
Okoye (voice)
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self
INVINCIBLE
Universa (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
Avengers: Endgame
Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
Okoye
Black Panther
Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me
Afeni Shakur
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Fury (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Self
Mother of George
Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
Sisi
Talking Dead
Self
The Walking Dead
Michonne Hawthorne
My Soul to Take
Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
Woman in Blue Dress
Lie to Me
Michelle Russo
Life on Mars
Angela
Ghost Town
Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
Zainab
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The View
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Law & Order
Courtney Owens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Oscars
Self
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Here Comes the Flood
The Day Will Come When You Wont Be
Michonne