Biography
Danai Gurira
Acting
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,…
Career works
44
Movies
26
Series
18
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
02/14/1978
Place of birth
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Matchbox
2026
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 · 7.3
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 · 6.3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · 7.0
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 · 3.7
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021 · 8.0
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · 8.1
One World: Together at Home
2020 · 7.1
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · 8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · 8.2
Black Panther
2018 · 7.4
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · 7.2
All Eyez on Me
2017 · 6.7
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 · 7.4
Series
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · 8.0
What If...?
2021 · 8.0
INVINCIBLE
2021 · 8.6
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 · 7.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.4
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · 6.2
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · 5.0
Talking Dead
2011 · 7.3
The Walking Dead
2010 · 8.1
Lie to Me
2009 · 7.9
Life on Mars
2008 · 6.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · 5.3
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6
The View
1997 · 4.4
The Daily Show
1996 · 6.4