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.
44 acting credits
Acting · 44
Law & Order
1990
The Daily Show
1996
The Walking Dead
2010
INVINCIBLE
2021
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Avengers: Endgame
2019
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Lie to Me
2009
What If...?
2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Oscars
1953
Black Panther
2018
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Talking Dead
2011
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024
Life on Mars
2008
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
Matchbox
2026
Ghost Town
2008
All Eyez on Me
2017
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
The Visitor
2008
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
My Soul to Take
2010
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
Here Comes the Flood
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3 Backyards
2010
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
Mother of George
2013
Restless City
2012
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
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carl poppa
2014