Danai Gurira
✓ Source-basedfallingZimbabwean-American actress
Danai Jekesai Gurira is an American and Zimbabwean actress, playwright, screenwriter, producer, and activist. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne in the AMC horror drama franchise The Walking Dead and Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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My artistic mandate up to that point had always been: “I’m not going to talk about things close to myself.
On what steered her towards writing about the personal in her play Familiar in “Danai Gurira Artist Interview” in Playwrights Horizons
In terms of writing, I just wasn’t finding enough stories about contemporary African people - or historical, just anything, the whole gamut.
On what made her want to write about African themes in “Interview with Playwright Danai Gurira” (Marin Theatre Company)
Meaningful communication is an aspect of who we are as human beings.
On the importance of communication in “Interview with Playwright Danai Gurira” (Marin Theatre Company)
Filmography 28
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
Black Panther
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
All Eyez on Me
Ghost Town
My Soul to Take
The Visitor
The Walking Dead: The Return
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
One World: Together at Home
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Mother of George
3 Backyards
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Matchbox: The Movie
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
The Thomas Crown Affair
Restless City
Here Comes the Flood
Eclipsed
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
INVINCIBLE - Season Four Collection51 credits on file
Television 19
Law & Order
The Walking Dead
The Daily Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
INVINCIBLE
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
What If...?
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Lie to Me
Marvel Studios Legends
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Joy Reid Show
The Oscars
Talking Dead
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Life on MarsAwards 16
Connected to Danai 6
Corey StollAlso in Matchbox: The Movie (2026)
Kat GrahamAlso in All Eyez on Me (2017)
Harris YulinAlso in My Soul to Take (2010)
Steven YeunAlso in The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (2017)
Kerry CondonAlso in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Michael CudlitzAlso in The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (2016)About this person
Danai Jekesai Gurira is an American and Zimbabwean actress, playwright, screenwriter, producer, and activist. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne in the AMC horror drama franchise The Walking Dead and Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Her films have grossed $6.98 billion, making her the seventh highest-grossing actress of all time.
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