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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1990 • TV
2010 • TV
1996 • TV
2019 • TV
2018 • Movie
2019 • Movie
as Okoye
as Okoye
as Okoye
as Okoye
as Fury (voice)
as Zainab
as Assorted Ghost
as Afeni Shakur
as Sisi
as Woman in Blue Dress
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
as Jeanne-Baptiste
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Michonne (voice)
Writer
as Courtney Owens
1 episodes
as Michonne Hawthorne
135 episodes
as Self
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
1 episodes
as Okoye (voice)
3 episodes
as Michelle Russo
1 episodes
as Self - Presenter
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
4 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Michonne
6 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Angela
1 episodes
Executive Producer
Writer
Creator
