Danai Gurira

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.

Cast

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

(Self)

Ghost Town

(Assorted Ghost)

The Visitor

(Zainab)

My Soul to Take

(Jeanne-Baptiste)

3 Backyards

(Woman in Blue Dress)

Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

(Richard III)

Restless City

(Sisi)

Mother of George

(Adenike Olumide Balogen)

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

(Self)

The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead

(Self)

The Walking Dead: The Return

(Self / Michonne Hawthorne)

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

(Fury (voice))

Barbecue

All Eyez on Me

(Afeni Shakur)

Black Panther

(Okoye)

Avengers: Infinity War

(Okoye)

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

(Michonne (voice))

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

(Okoye)

Avengers: Endgame

(Okoye)

The Fighting Shirley Chisholm

(Shirley Chisholm)

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

(Self)

One World: Together at Home

(Self)

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

(Self (archive footage))

The Walking Dead

(Michonne Hawthorne)

What If...?

(Okoye (voice))

The Daily Show

(Self)

Marvel Studios Legends

(Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited))

Talking Dead

(Self)

Law & Order

(Courtney Owens)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(Marei Rosa Rumbidzai)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(Self)

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

(Michonne)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Kelly Clarkson Show

(Self)

Life on Mars

(Angela)

The View

(Self - Guest)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

(Self)

Off Camera with Sam Jones

(Self)

The Oscars

(Self)

Lie to Me

(Michelle Russo)