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