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Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira’s screen credits include Okoye in Black Panther and Helen in Matchbox the Movie.
Born February 14, 1978 Grinnell, Iowa, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danai Gurira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024The Walking Dead: The ReturnSelf / Michonne Hawthorne
- 2023Shakespeare in the Park: Richard IIIRichard III
- 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverSelf
- 2022Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverOkoye
- 202220/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of WakandaSelf
- 2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an ArtistSelf
- 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf (archive footage)
- 2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
- 2020EclipsedWriter
- 2019Avengers: EndgameOkoye
- 2018Avengers: Infinity WarOkoye
- 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's WalkingMichonne (voice)
- 2017All Eyez on MeAfeni Shakur
- 2016The Day Will Come When You Won't BeMichonne
- 2014Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeastFury (voice)
- 2013Too Far GoneMichonne
- 2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of DeadSelf
- 2013Mother of GeorgeAdenike Olumide Balogen
- 2012Restless CitySisi
- 2010My Soul to TakeJeanne-Baptiste
- 20103 BackyardsWoman in Blue Dress
- 2008Ghost TownAssorted Ghost
- 2008The VisitorZainab
- Here Comes the FloodActor
- The Fighting Shirley ChisholmShirley Chisholm
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