Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
23
Gender
Female
Birthday
February 14, 1978 ( 46 years old )
Place of Birth
Grinnell, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Данай Гуріра
戴娜·葛里拉
Danai Gurira
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.
Known For
Ghost Town
2008-09-19The Visitor
2008-02-21My Soul to Take
2010-10-083 Backyards
2010-01-24Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
2023-05-19Restless City
2012-04-27Mother of George
2013-08-26The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013-10-11