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.
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Filmography
all 43
Movies 25
TV Shows 18
self 17
Voice 1
Writer 1
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
What If...? (2021)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
Eclipsed (2020)
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (2017)
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Mother of George (2013)
Talking Dead (2011)
The Walking Dead (2010)
My Soul to Take (2010)
3 Backyards (2010)
Lie to Me (2009)
Ghost Town (2008)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The View (1997)
Law & Order (1990)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Eyes of Wakanda
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1978-02-14 (46 years old)
Birth NameDanai Jekesai Gurira
Birth PlaceGrinnell, United States
ReligionChristianity
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesHarare, Zimbabwe, Grinnell · Los Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsДанай Гуріра, 戴娜·葛里拉
Awardshonorary degree from Spelman College, OkayAfrica 100 Women
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