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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.
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As actor
The Thomas Crown Affair
Matchbox
The Walking Dead: The Return
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
One World: Together at Home
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Avengers: Endgame
Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
All Eyez on Me
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Mother of George
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Restless City
My Soul to Take
3 Backyards
Ghost Town
The Visitor
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Here Comes the Flood
The Day Will Come When You Wont Be