Acting credits
39
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Danai Gurira
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 23Series: 17Crew 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: 6.94
Wikidata: Q636653
Also known as
Данай Гуріра • 戴娜·葛里拉 • دانای گوریرا • دانای گوریره
Other 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Danai Gurira.
Oct 8
Matchbox
as Helen
2026 Movie
7.3
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
2024 Movie
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
2023 Movie
6.3
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
2022 Movie
3.7
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
2022 Movie
8.2
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
2021 Movie
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
7.0
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020 Movie
Eclipsed
Writer
2020 Movie
8.2
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
2019 Movie
8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
as Okoye
2018 Movie
7.4
Black Panther
as Okoye
2018 Movie
7.2
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
2017 Movie
6.7
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
2017 Movie
7.4
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
2014 Movie
5.3
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
2013 Movie
5.3
Restless City
as Sisi
2012 Movie
5.5
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
2010 Movie
4.3
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
2010 Movie
6.5
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
2008 Movie
7.1
The Visitor
as Zainab
2008 Movie
Here Comes the Flood
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Danai Gurira.
8.0
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Michonne • 6 eps
2024 Series
8.1
What If...?
as Okoye (voice) • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.4
Marvel Studios Legends
as Okoye (archive footage) (uncredited) • 4 eps
2021 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.2
Talking Dead
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.1
The Walking Dead
as Michonne Hawthorne • 135 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Lie to Me
as Michelle Russo • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.4
Life on Mars
as Angela • 1 eps
2008 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Marei Rosa Rumbidzai • 1 eps
2001 Series
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
1996 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Courtney Owens • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series