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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 44
Movies 26
TV Shows 18
self 17
Voice 3
Producer 1
Writer 1
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
The Walking Dead: The Return (2024)
What If...? (2021)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
Eclipsed (2020)
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Mother of George (2013)
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
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1978-02-14 (47 years old)
Birth NameDanai Jekesai Gurira
Birth PlaceGrinnell, United States
ReligionChristianity
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesLos Angeles · Grinnell, United States, Harare, Zimbabwe
Also Known AsДанай Гуріра, 戴娜·葛里拉, دانای گوریرا, دانای گوریره
Awardshonorary degree from Spelman College, OkayAfrica 100 Women
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