Danai Gurira

Danai Jekesai Gurira (born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, beginning with Black Panther (2018) and most recently appearing in its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gurira is also the playwright of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.

Known For

Birth Location Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Born 1978-02-14

Movies

The Walking Dead: The Return as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2024
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self (archive footage)
2020
2019
2018
Black Panther as Okoye
2018
All Eyez on Me as Afeni Shakur
2017
Mother of George as Adenike Olumide Balogen
2013
Restless City as Sisi
2012
My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste
2010
3 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress
2010
Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost
2008
The Visitor as Zainab
2007
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm as Shirley Chisholm
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Movies

Eclipsed Writer
2020