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.

Filmography

• 2027The Thomas Crown Affair
• 2026Matchbox the Movie — Helen
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live — Michonne, Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Creator
• 2023Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III — Richard III
• 2022Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Okoye
• INVINCIBLE — Universa (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends — Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
• What If...? — Okoye (voice)
• 2020Eclipsed — Writer
• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Okoye
• 2018Avengers: Infinity War — Okoye
• 2018Black Panther — Okoye
• 2017All Eyez on Me — Afeni Shakur
• 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking — Michonne (voice)
• 2016The Day Will Come When You Won't Be — Michonne
• 2014Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast — Fury (voice)
• 2013Mother of George — Adenike Olumide Balogen
• 2013Too Far Gone — Michonne
• 2012Restless City — Sisi
• 20103 Backyards — Woman in Blue Dress
• 2010My Soul to Take — Jeanne-Baptiste
• The Walking Dead — Michonne Hawthorne
• Lie to Me — Michelle Russo
• 2008Ghost Town — Assorted Ghost
• Life on Mars — Angela
• 2008The Visitor — Zainab
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
• Law & Order — Courtney Owens
• Here Comes the Flood
• The Fighting Shirley Chisholm — Shirley Chisholm

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2024The Walking Dead: The Return — Self / Michonne Hawthorne
• 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Self
• 202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda — Self
• 2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist — Self
• 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King — Self (archive footage)
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• The Joy Reid Show — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead — Self
• Talking Dead — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self