Danai Gurira
Acting
Born: 1978-02-14 · 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 n
🎬 Movies (20)
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
Matchbox
2026
Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
2020
Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Okoye
Black Panther
2018
Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me
2017
Afeni Shakur
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
Fury (voice)
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
Self
Mother of George
2013
Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
2012
Sisi
My Soul to Take
2010
Jeanne-Baptiste
📺 TV Shows (18)
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
Michonne
What If...?
2021
Okoye (voice)
INVINCIBLE
2021
Universa (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Self
Talking Dead
2011
Self
The Walking Dead
2010
Michonne Hawthorne
Lie to Me
2009
Michelle Russo
Life on Mars
2008
Angela
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The View
1997
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990
Courtney Owens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
Self