Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Danai Gurira

  • Birthday:

    1978-02-14

  • Place of Birth: Grinnell, Iowa, USA
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 4.0474
  • 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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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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6.6
Ghost Town
Ghost Towntrue- Assorted Ghost

2008-09-19

6.5
The Visitor
The Visitortrue- Zainab

2008-02-21

7.2
My Soul to Take
My Soul to Taketrue- Jeanne-Baptiste

2010-10-08

5.5
3 Backyards
3 Backyardstrue- Woman in Blue Dress

2010-01-24

4.2
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIItrue- Richard III

2023-05-19

0.0
Restless City
Restless Citytrue- Sisi

2012-04-27

5.3
Mother of George
Mother of Georgetrue- Adenike Olumide Balogen

2013-08-26

5.4
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakandatrue- Self

2022-11-04

4.9
The Walking Dead: The Return
The Walking Dead: The Returntrue- Self / Michonne Hawthorne

2024-02-15

7.3
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeasttrue- Fury (voice)

2014-12-12

7.3
All Eyez on Me
All Eyez on Metrue- Afeni Shakur

2017-06-12

6.7
Black Panther
Black Panthertrue- Okoye

2018-02-13

7.4
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity Wartrue- Okoye

2018-04-25

8.2
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walkingtrue- Michonne (voice)

2017-10-08

7.3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forevertrue- Okoye

2022-11-09

7.1
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgametrue- Okoye

2019-04-24

8.2
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
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8.2
One World: Together at Home
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7.0
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Eclipsed
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Writing

2020-03-03

0.0

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