Danai Gurira
Age: N/A | From: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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Aliases: Данай Гуріра , 戴娜·葛里拉 , دانای گوریرا , دانای گوریره
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Courtney Owens
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
What If...?
(2021) Okoye (voice)
The Walking Dead
(2010) Michonne Grimes
Marvel Studios Legends
(2021) Okoye (archive footage)
Life on Mars
(2008) Angela
Avengers: Infinity War
(2018) Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(2022) OkoyeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michonne | |
| Richard III | ||
| Self | ||
| 2022 | Okoye | |
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Okoye (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Okoye (archive footage) | ||
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Okoye | |
| 2018 | Okoye | |
| Okoye | ||
| 2017 | Michonne (voice) | |
| Afeni Shakur | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2014 | Fury (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 2013 | N/A | |
| Adenike Olumide Balogen | ||
| 2012 | Sisi | |
| 2011 | Herself | |
| 2010 | Michonne Hawthorne | |
| Michonne Grimes | ||
| Jeanne-Baptiste | ||
| Woman in Blue Dress | ||
| 2008 | Angela | |
| Assorted Ghost | ||
| 2007 | Zainab | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Marei Rosa Rumbidzai | |
| 1997 | Self - Guest | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1990 | Courtney Owens | |
| 1988 | Self - Guest | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| Shirley Chisholm | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
