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.
22 movies · 18 shows
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024·7.4
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023·0.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023·6.3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022·7.0
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022·4.3
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021·8.0
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020·8.1
One World: Together at Home
2020·7.1
Avengers: Endgame
2019·8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018·8.2
Black Panther
2018·7.4
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017·7.0
All Eyez on Me
2017·6.7
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
2016·0.0
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014·7.4
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013·7.6
Mother of George
2013·5.3
Restless City
2012·5.3
My Soul to Take
2010·5.5
3 Backyards
2010·4.3
Ghost Town
2008·6.5
The Visitor
2008·7.1