Acting

Danai Gurira

born 1978 · Acting

70.1avg grm
6titles
#128best rank
14honors
Wbest title · #128 on siteThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live2024 · as Michonne Hawthorne · series72.5

Honors

14
2023TIME100 Impact Awards
2020honorary degree from Spelman College
2019OkayAfrica 100 Women
2014Saturn Awards
2014Black Reel Awards
Honors
  • 2023TIME100 Impact Awards
  • 2020honorary degree from Spelman College
  • 2019OkayAfrica 100 Women
  • 2014Saturn Awards
  • 2014Black Reel Awards
  • 2013Eyegore Awards
  • 2013Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
  • 2012Whiting Awards
  • 2012Satellite Awards
  • 2010NAACP Theatre Awards
  • 2008Method Fest Independent Film Festival
  • 2007Helen Hayes Award
  • 2006Obie Award
  • 2006Outer Critics Circle Award

Bio

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.

Biography

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.

Filmography

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2020s1 titleWThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live2024 · as Michonne Hawthorne · series72.5
2010s4 titlesBBlack Panther2018 · as Okoye73.6TTalking Dead2011 · as Self - Guest · series65.5WThe Walking Dead2010 · as Michonne · series67.2WThe Walking Dead2010 · as Michonne Hawthorne · series67.2
2000s1 titleVThe Visitor2007 · as Zainab74.5

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Danai Gurira

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born1978
known forActing
titles on site6
avg GRM70.1
honors14 · TIME100 Impact Awards, 2023
Honors
  • 2023TIME100 Impact Awards
  • 2020honorary degree from Spelman College
  • 2019OkayAfrica 100 Women
  • 2014Saturn Awards
  • 2014Black Reel Awards
  • 2013Eyegore Awards
  • 2013Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
  • 2012Whiting Awards
  • 2012Satellite Awards
  • 2010NAACP Theatre Awards
  • 2008Method Fest Independent Film Festival
  • 2007Helen Hayes Award
  • 2006Obie Award
  • 2006Outer Critics Circle Award
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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