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Danai Gurira

Actor

Danai Gurira

Born February 14, 1978 in Grinnell, Iowa, USA20 films

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.

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Avengers: Infinity War posterFirst watchAvengers: Infinity War20188.2as OkoyeAs the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Avengers: Endgame poster8.2Avengers: Endgame2019Black Panther poster7.4Black Panther2018Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster7.0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast poster7.4Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast2014All Eyez on Me poster6.7All Eyez on Me2017Ghost Town poster6.5Ghost Town2008The Visitor poster7.1The Visitor2008My Soul to Take poster5.5My Soul to Take2010

Filmography

20 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Fighting Shirley ChisholmShirley Chisholm
  2. TBAHere Comes the Flood
  3. 2027The Thomas Crown Affair
  4. 2026Matchbox the MovieHelen
  5. 2023Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIIRichard III
  6. 2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverOkoye
  7. 2019Avengers: EndgameOkoye
  8. 2018Avengers: Infinity WarOkoye
  9. 2018Black PantherOkoye
  10. 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's WalkingMichonne (voice)
  11. 2017All Eyez on MeAfeni Shakur
  12. 2016The Day Will Come When You Won't BeMichonne
  13. 2014Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeastFury (voice)
  14. 2013Too Far GoneMichonne
  15. 2013Mother of GeorgeAdenike Olumide Balogen
  16. 2012Restless CitySisi
  17. 2010My Soul to TakeJeanne-Baptiste
  18. 20103 BackyardsWoman in Blue Dress
  19. 2008Ghost TownAssorted Ghost
  20. 2008The VisitorZainab