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Danai Gurira
- Name: Danai Gurira
- Birthday: 1978-02-14
- Also known as: Danai Jekesai Gurira
- Place of birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
- Popularity: 2.5247
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Thomas Crown Affair | 2027-03-04 |
| Matchbox as Helen | 2026-10-08 |
| The Walking Dead: The Return as Self / Michonne Hawthorne | 2024-02-15 |
| Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III as Richard III | 2023-05-19 |
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Self | 2023-02-07 |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Okoye | 2022-11-09 |
| 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda as Self | 2022-11-04 |
| Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist as Self | 2021-04-17 |
| Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self (archive footage) | 2020-08-30 |
| One World: Together at Home as Self | 2020-04-18 |
| Avengers: Endgame as Okoye | 2019-04-24 |
| Avengers: Infinity War as Okoye | 2018-04-25 |
| Black Panther as Okoye | 2018-02-13 |
| The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Michonne (voice) | 2017-10-08 |
| All Eyez on Me as Afeni Shakur | 2017-06-12 |
| Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast as Fury (voice) | 2014-12-12 |
| carl poppa as Michonne Hawthorne | 2014-10-02 |
| The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self | 2013-10-11 |
| Mother of George as Adenike Olumide Balogen | 2013-08-26 |
| Restless City as Sisi | 2012-04-27 |
| My Soul to Take as Jeanne-Baptiste | 2010-10-08 |
| 3 Backyards as Woman in Blue Dress | 2010-01-24 |
| Ghost Town as Assorted Ghost | 2008-09-19 |
| The Visitor as Zainab | 2008-02-21 |
