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Danai Gurira
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Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dΙΛnaΙͺ Ι‘ΚΛrΙͺΙrΙ/; 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 (2012β2020, 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 Rβ¦
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Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dΙΛnaΙͺ Ι‘ΚΛrΙͺΙrΙ/; 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 (2012β2020, 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.
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Danai Gurira's Filmography
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The Thomas Crown Affair
Matchbox the Movie
as Helen
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
as Richard III
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
as Okoye
Black Panther
as Okoye
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice)
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice)
Too Far Gone
as Michonne
No Poster
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
as Self
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen
Restless City
as Sisi
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost
The Visitor
as Zainab
The Take
No Poster
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
as Shirley Chisholm