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Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 14, 1978 (47)
Birthplace Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 O ... koye 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.

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Filmography

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

as Okoye

Black Panther

Black Panther

2018

as Okoye

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

as Okoye

All Eyez on Me

All Eyez on Me

2017

as Afeni Shakur

Mother of George

Mother of George

2013

as Adenike Olumide Balogen

Restless City

Restless City

2012

as Sisi

3 Backyards

3 Backyards

2010

as Woman in Blue Dress

My Soul to Take

My Soul to Take

2010

as Jeanne-Baptiste

The Visitor

The Visitor

2008

as Zainab

Ghost Town

Ghost Town

2008

as Assorted Ghost

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Walking Dead

as Michonne Hawthorne

Episodes: 135

First Aired: Oct 31, 2010

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

as Michonne

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 25, 2024

Marvel Studios Legends

as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 08, 2021

What If...?

as Okoye (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 11, 2021

Law & Order

as Courtney Owens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

Life on Mars

as Angela

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2008

Lie to Me

as Michelle Russo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 2009

The Daily Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jul 22, 1996

Talking Dead

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 2011

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2003

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

The View

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2015

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2014

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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