Danai Gurira

Danai Jekesai Gurira dəˈnaɪ ɡʊˈrɪərə born February 14 1978 is a ZimbabweanAmerican actress playwright and activist She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead 20122020 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 Peoples 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia