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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 14, 1978
Place of Birth
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
- Данай Гуріра
- 戴娜·葛里拉
- دانای گوریرا
- دانای گوریره
Danai Gurira
2.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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0.0
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
8.0
Michonne
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
7.3
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
0.0
Richard III
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
6.4
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
7.0
Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
3.7
Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
8.1
Okoye (voice)
What If...?
2021
8.2
Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
7.4
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Credits
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The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
0.0
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Michonne
2024
8.0
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2024
7.3
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
2023
0.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
2023
6.4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
2022
7.0
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
2022
3.7
What If...?
as Okoye (voice)
2021
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
2021
8.2
Marvel Studios Legends
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.4
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
2020
8.1
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
7.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
2019
8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
as Okoye
2018
8.2
Black Panther
as Okoye
2018
7.4
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
2017
7.2
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
2017
6.7
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
2014
7.4
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
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The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
as Self
2013
7.6
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
2013
5.3
Restless City
as Sisi
2012
5.3
Talking Dead
as Self
2011
7.2
The Walking Dead
as Michonne Hawthorne
2010
8.1
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
2010
5.5
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
2010
4.3
Lie to Me
as Michelle Russo
2009
7.9
Life on Mars
as Angela
2008
6.4
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
2008
6.5
The Visitor
as Zainab
2008
7.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
2001
7.6
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Law & Order
as Courtney Owens
1990
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
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Matchbox
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0.0
Here Comes the Flood
N/A
0.0
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The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm
N/A
0.0