Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira
Gurira at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Danai Jekesai Gurira (1978-02-14) February 14, 1978 (age 46) Grinnell, Iowa, U.S.
Citizenship	United States and Zimbabwe
Education	Macalester College (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupations	Actress playwright
Years active	2004–present

Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dəˈnaɪ ɡʊˈrɪərə/; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright. 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 also the playwright of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.^[1]