Cast & creator
Danai Gurira
Best known for Law & Order, The Daily Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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.
Also known as: Danai Jekesai Gurira
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1953–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (51)
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Law & Order
Courtney Owens
1990
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Walking Dead
Michonne Hawthorne
2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Avengers: Endgame
Okoye
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
Okoye
2018
INVINCIBLE
Universa (voice)
2021
What If...?
Okoye (voice)
2021
Lie to Me
Michelle Russo
2009
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Black Panther
Okoye
2018
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye
2022
The Joy Reid Show
Self - Guest
2020
The Oscars
Self
1953
Marvel Studios Legends
Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Talking Dead
Self
2011
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Michonne
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Executive Producer
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Story
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Writer
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Creator
2024
Life on Mars
Angela
2008
Matchbox the Movie
Helen
2026
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Fury (voice)
2014
All Eyez on Me
Afeni Shakur
2017
Ghost Town
Assorted Ghost
2008
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Self
2023
The Visitor
Zainab
2008
My Soul to Take
Jeanne-Baptiste
2010
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Michonne (voice)
2017
The Walking Dead: The Return
Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2024
Here Comes the Flood
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
3 Backyards
Woman in Blue Dress
2010The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Self
2013
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self
2021
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
Michonne
2016
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Richard III
2023
Mother of George
Adenike Olumide Balogen
2013
Too Far Gone
Michonne
2013The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Eclipsed
Writer
2020
Restless City
Sisi
2012
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Self
2022