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Danai Gurira
Personal Info
- Name:
Danai Gurira
- Birthday:
1978-02-14
- Place of Birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
- Gender:
Female
- Know For:
Acting
- Popularity: 3.3663
- Also Known As
Данай Гуріра
戴娜·葛里拉
دانای گوریرا
دانای گوریره
Danai Gurira
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.
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Top Movie Cast
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forevertrue- Self
2023-02-07
6.6
Ghost Towntrue- Assorted Ghost
2008-09-19
6.5
The Visitortrue- Zainab
2008-02-21
7.2
My Soul to Taketrue- Jeanne-Baptiste
2010-10-08
5.5
3 Backyardstrue- Woman in Blue Dress
2010-01-24
4.2
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIItrue- Richard III
2023-05-19
0.0
Restless Citytrue- Sisi
2012-04-27
5.3
Mother of Georgetrue- Adenike Olumide Balogen
2013-08-26
5.4
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakandatrue- Self
2022-11-04
4.9
The Walking Dead: The Returntrue- Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2024-02-15
7.3
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeasttrue- Fury (voice)
2014-12-12
7.3
All Eyez on Metrue- Afeni Shakur
2017-06-12
6.7
Black Panthertrue- Okoye
2018-02-13
7.4
Avengers: Infinity Wartrue- Okoye
2018-04-25
8.2
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walkingtrue- Michonne (voice)
2017-10-08
7.3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forevertrue- Okoye
2022-11-09
7.1
Avengers: Endgametrue- Okoye
2019-04-24
8.2
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artisttrue- Self
2021-04-17
8.2
One World: Together at Hometrue- Self
2020-04-18
7.0
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a Kingtrue- Self (archive footage)
2020-08-30
8.1
Top Movie Crew
Eclipsedtrue
Writing
2020-03-03
0.0
