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.
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Here Comes the Flood
as Unknown
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Unknown
Matchbox the Movie
as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Michonne
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
What If...?
as Okoye (voice)
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
INVINCIBLE
as Universa (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
The Joy Reid Show
as Self - Guest
One World: Together at Home
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
as Michonne
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Too Far Gone
as Michonne
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
as Sisi
Talking Dead
as Self
The Walking Dead
as Michonne Hawthorne
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
Lie to Me
as Michelle Russo
Life on Mars
as Angela
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
as Zainab
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai
The View
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
Law & Order
as Courtney Owens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self