Danai Gurira
Birthday
1978/02/14 (47 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Данай Гуріра, 戴娜·葛里拉, دانای گوریرا, دانای گوریره
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...Read more
Acting
(2023) Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
(2008) Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
(2008) The Visitor
as Zainab
(2010) My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
(2010) 3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
(2023) Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
(2012) Restless City
as Sisi
(2013) Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
(2022) 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
(2013) The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
as Self
(2024) The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
(2014) Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
Barbecue
as ---
(2017) All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
(2018) Black Panther
as Okoye
(2018) Avengers: Infinity War
as Okoye
(2017) The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
(2022) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
(2019) Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
(2021) Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
(2020) One World: Together at Home
as Self
(2020) Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
Matchbox
as ---
(2010) The Walking Dead
as Michonne Hawthorne
(2021) What If...?
as Okoye (voice)
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2021) Marvel Studios Legends
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2011) Talking Dead
as Self
(1990) Law & Order
as Courtney Owens
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(2024) The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Michonne
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as ---
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2008) Life on Mars
as Angela
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2014) Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2009) Lie to Me
as Michelle Russo