Danai Gurira

Actor

Born: February 14, 1978 (age 48)
From: Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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…

Filmography (26)

The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (2027)
Matchbox (2026)
Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return (2024)
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III (2023)
Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023)
Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022)
Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist (2021)
Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
Self
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Okoye
Black Panther (2018)
Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (2017)
Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Afeni Shakur
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (2016)
Michonne
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
Fury (voice)
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead (2013)
Self
Mother of George (2013)
Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City (2012)
Sisi
My Soul to Take (2010)
Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards (2010)
Woman in Blue Dress
Ghost Town (2008)
Assorted Ghost
The Visitor (2008)
Zainab
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Here Comes the Flood