Danai Gurira

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Aliases: Данай Гуріра , 戴娜·葛里拉

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 10

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Biography

Danai Jekesai Gurira (born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, beginning with Black Panther (2018) and most recently appearing in its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gurira is also the playwright of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Michonne	The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live 2024-02-25 TV Show
	Richard III	Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III 2023-05-19 Movie
	Self	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2023-02-08 Movie
2022	Okoye	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022-11-09 Movie
	Self	20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda 2022-11-04 Movie
2021	Okoye (voice)	What If...? 2021-08-11 TV Show
	Self	Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist 2021-04-17 Movie
	Okoye (archive footage)	Marvel Studios Legends 2021-01-08 TV Show
2020	Self (archive footage)	Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 2020-08-30 Movie
	Self	One World: Together at Home 2020-04-18 Movie
2019	Okoye	Avengers: Endgame 2019-04-24 Movie
2018	Okoye	Avengers: Infinity War 2018-04-25 Movie
	Okoye	Black Panther 2018-02-13 Movie
2017	Michonne (voice)	The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking 2017-10-08 Movie
	Afeni Shakur	All Eyez on Me 2017-06-12 Movie
2015	Self	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015-08-02 TV Show
2014	Fury (voice)	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast 2014-12-12 Movie
	Self	Off Camera with Sam Jones 2014-02-06 TV Show
2013	N/A	The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead 2013-10-11 Movie
	Adenike Olumide Balogen	Mother of George 2013-01-18 Movie
2012	Sisi	Restless City 2012-04-27 Movie
2011	Herself	Talking Dead 2011-10-16 TV Show
2010	Michonne Hawthorne	The Walking Dead 2010-10-31 TV Show
	Michonne Grimes	The Walking Dead 2010-10-31 TV Show
	Jeanne-Baptiste	My Soul to Take 2010-10-08 Movie
	Woman in Blue Dress	3 Backyards 2010-01-24 Movie
2008	Angela	Life on Mars 2008-10-09 TV Show
	Assorted Ghost	Ghost Town 2008-09-19 Movie
2007	Zainab	The Visitor 2007-09-07 Movie
2003	N/A	Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003-01-26 TV Show
	Self	Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003-01-26 TV Show
2001	Marei Rosa Rumbidzai	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001-09-30 TV Show
1997	Self - Guest	The View 1997-08-11 TV Show
1996	Self	The Daily Show 1996-07-22 TV Show
1990	Courtney Owens	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
1988	Self - Guest	LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988-09-05 TV Show
1953	Self	The Oscars 1953-03-19 TV Show
	Shirley Chisholm	The Fighting Shirley Chisholm Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv