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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).
Danai Gurira. Actress: Black Panther. Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare.
- Actress, Producer, Writer
- February 14, 1978
- 4 min
Feb 17, 2018 · Danai Gurira On Her 'Black Panther' Role: 'She Protects What We Would Have Been' The actress plays warrior Okoye in the new film. "The thing that really connected me ... was her love and...
99+ Photos. Action Adventure Drama. The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa. Director. Ryan Coogler. Writers. Ryan Coogler. Joe Robert Cole. Stan Lee. Stars. Letitia Wright. Lupita Nyong'o. Danai Gurira. See production info at IMDbPro. 1.5K User reviews.
- Ryan Coogler
- 1 min
Sep 7, 2022 · The Women of ‘Wakanda Forever’. For the “Black Panther” sequel, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright and their castmates leaned on each other to get through the grief-stricken...
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Aug 8, 2023 · ‘Black Panther’ Star Danai Gurira’s Fight Against Stereotyping. Acclaimed actress, playwright, and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador writes about the Say Nothing, Change Nothing campaign taking...
Feb 10, 2023 · As we celebrate Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Danai Gurira who portrays Okoye in the film, shares her experience er experience on the set of Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the revelation that her fellow cast members had to learn how to swim during the production of the film in a discussion with Simone Manuel...
