Danai Gurira
Known for: Acting
Born: February 14, 1978
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…
Known for
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
Mother of George
2013
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
All Eyez on Me
2017
The Visitor
2008
Matchbox
2026
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
Black Panther
2018
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Here Comes the Flood
Restless City
2012
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
The Day Will Come When You Wont Be
3 Backyards
2010
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
My Soul to Take
2010
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Avengers: Endgame
2019
The Walking Dead
2010
What If...?
2021
The Daily Show
1996
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Talking Dead
2011
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Life on Mars
2008
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The View
1997
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Ghost Town
2008
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
The Oscars
1953
Lie to Me
2009
INVINCIBLE
2021
One World: Together at Home
2020