Danai Gurira
Born February 14, 1978 (Age: 48)
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Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Here Comes the Flood
Unknown
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as
No Image
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
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as
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Age: 49
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
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as Okoye
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Age: 44
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 42
One World: Together at Home
2020
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as Self
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Age: 42
Avengers: Endgame
2019
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as Okoye
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Age: 41
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
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as Okoye
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Age: 40
Black Panther
2018
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as Okoye
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Age: 39
All Eyez on Me
2017
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as Afeni Shakur
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Age: 39
My Soul to Take
2010
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as Jeanne-Baptiste
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Age: 32
Ghost Town
2008
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as Assorted Ghost
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Age: 30
The Visitor
2008
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as Zainab
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Age: 30