Cast
Danai Gurira
Acting
Cast
Danai Gurira
Known for
Acting
Born
1978-02-14
From
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Also known as Danai Jekesai 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★8.2
MOVIE2018
Avengers: Infinity War
as Okoye
★8.2
MOVIE2019
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
★7.4
MOVIE2018
Black Panther
as Okoye
★7.4
MOVIE2014
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
MOVIETBA
Here Comes the Flood
MOVIE2026
Matchbox
as Helen
★6.7
MOVIE2017
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
★6.5
MOVIE2008
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
MOVIE2027
The Thomas Crown Affair
★5.5
MOVIE2010
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
★7.1
MOVIE2020
One World: Together at Home
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2008
The Visitor
as Zainab
★7.4
MOVIE2024
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
★4.3
MOVIE2010
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
★7.0
MOVIE2017
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
★8.1
MOVIE2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
★5.3
MOVIE2012
Restless City
as Sisi
★6.3
MOVIE2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
MOVIE2016
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
as Michonne
★4.3
MOVIE2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2013
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
★7.6
MOVIE2013
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2021
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
MOVIE2023
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
MOVIETBA
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm