Danai Gurira

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Female

Birthday

1978-02-14 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Grinnell, Iowa, USA

Danai Gurira

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

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Walking Dead

    The Walking Dead

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • The View

    The View

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Lie to Me

    Lie to Me

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

    The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

    Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

  • Talking Dead

    Talking Dead

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

    Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

  • Ghost Town

    Ghost Town

  • Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

    Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

  • Restless City

    Restless City

  • The Thomas Crown Affair

    The Thomas Crown Affair

  • The Walking Dead: The Return

    The Walking Dead: The Return

  • The Fighting Shirley Chisholm

    The Fighting Shirley Chisholm

  • The Visitor

    The Visitor

  • The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead

    The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead

  • Mother of George

    Mother of George

  • Matchbox

    Matchbox

  • All Eyez on Me

    All Eyez on Me

  • My Soul to Take

    My Soul to Take

  • The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

    The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

  • One World: Together at Home

    One World: Together at Home

  • Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

    Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

  • 3 Backyards

    3 Backyards

  • 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda