Directed credits
0
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Director
Danai Gurira
Acting
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2.1
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 82104
IMDb ID: nm1775091
Known for: Acting
Born: February 14, 1978
Age: 48
Place of birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.99
Wikidata: Q636653
Also known as
Danai Jekesai Gurira
Frequent jobs
Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
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 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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Movies
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Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Danai Gurira.
as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 • Movie
as Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019 • Movie
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 • Movie
as Fury (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 • Movie
as Okoye
Black Panther
2018 • Movie
as Zainab
The Visitor
2008 • Movie
as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Movie
as Afeni Shakur
All Eyez on Me
2017 • Movie
as Assorted Ghost
Ghost Town
2008 • Movie
as Jeanne-Baptiste
My Soul to Take
2010 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Danai Gurira.
as Universa (voice) • 1 eps
INVINCIBLE
2021 • Series
as Michonne Hawthorne • 135 eps
The Walking Dead
2010 • Series
as Okoye (voice) • 3 eps
What If...?
2021 • Series
Executive Producer • 6 eps
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 • Series
as Michelle Russo • 1 eps
Lie to Me
2009 • Series
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) • 4 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 • Series
as Courtney Owens • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Oscars
1953 • Series
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Angela • 1 eps
Life on Mars
2008 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Danai Gurira.
as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 • Movie
as Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019 • Movie
as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Movie
as Okoye
Black Panther
2018 • Movie
as Fury (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 • Movie
Here Comes the Flood
Movie
Oct 8
as Helen
Matchbox
2026 • Movie
as Assorted Ghost
Ghost Town
2008 • Movie
as Afeni Shakur
All Eyez on Me
2017 • Movie
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 • Movie
as Woman in Blue Dress
3 Backyards
2010 • Movie
as Jeanne-Baptiste
My Soul to Take
2010 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Danai Gurira.
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Courtney Owens • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 • Series
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Michonne Hawthorne • 135 eps
The Walking Dead
2010 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Universa (voice) • 1 eps
INVINCIBLE
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Talking Dead
2011 • Series
as Okoye (voice) • 3 eps
What If...?
2021 • Series
as Michelle Russo • 1 eps
Lie to Me
2009 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Danai Gurira.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Danai Gurira.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Danai Gurira.
Oct 8
as Helen
Matchbox
2026 • Movie
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 • Movie
as Richard III
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023 • Movie
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 • Movie
as Okoye
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Movie
as Self
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022 • Movie
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 • Movie
as Self
One World: Together at Home
2020 • Movie
as Okoye
Avengers: Endgame
2019 • Movie
as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 • Movie
as Okoye
Black Panther
2018 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Danai Gurira.
as Michonne • 6 eps
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 • Series
as Okoye (voice) • 3 eps
What If...?
2021 • Series
as Universa (voice) • 1 eps
INVINCIBLE
2021 • Series
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) • 4 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Talking Dead
2011 • Series
as Michonne Hawthorne • 135 eps
The Walking Dead
2010 • Series
as Michelle Russo • 1 eps
Lie to Me
2009 • Series
as Angela • 1 eps
Life on Mars
2008 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series