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Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

Acting
14 Feb 1978 (48 years)
Grinnell, Iowa, USA

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 n...

Also Known As

Данай Гуріра, 戴娜·葛里拉, دانای گوریرا, دانای گوریره

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