Danai Gurira
Acting
Born 1978-02-14
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
46 credits
OkayAfrica 100 Women 2
Helen Hayes Award 2
TIME100 Impact Awards 1
honorary degree from Spelman College 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Tony Award
Tony Awards 1 nominated
- 2016 Best Play Nominated Eclipsed
OkayAfrica 100 Women 2 won
- 2019 OkayAfrica 100 Women Won
- 2017 OkayAfrica 100 Women Won
Helen Hayes Award 2 won
- 2010 Helen Hayes Award Won
- 2007 Helen Hayes Award Won
TIME100 Impact Awards 1 won
- 2023 TIME100 Impact Awards Won
honorary degree from Spelman College 1 won
- 2020 honorary degree from Spelman College Won
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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
Acting
43 credits
Law & Order
The Daily Show
The Walking Dead
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Avengers: Infinity War
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
INVINCIBLE
Avengers: Endgame
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
What If...?
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Black Panther
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lie to Me
Marvel Studios Legends
The Oscars
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Talking Dead
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
The Joy Reid Show
Matchbox: The Movie
Life on Mars
Ghost Town
The Visitor
All Eyez on Me
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Walking Dead: The Return
One World: Together at Home
My Soul to Take
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
3 Backyards
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
Restless City
Mother of George
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Other credits
2 credits
Writing
2 credits
Producing
1 credit
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