Danai Gurira
Actor · Writer
Known for Black Panther, Avengers: Endgame and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Overview
Born in 1978, Danai Gurira is a Zimbabwean-American actor and writer who played Okoye in Black Panther (2018). Gurira returned as Okoye in Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa on February 14, 1978.
Quick Facts
- Known for
- Black Panther, Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Occupation
- Actor, Writer
- Also known as
- Danai Jekesai Gurira
- Born
- February 14, 1978 in Grinnell, Iowa
- Credits listed
- 12 (2009–2027)
Film & Television Credits
- 2027 The Thomas Crown Affair IMDb ↗
- 2026 Matchbox: The Movie IMDb ↗
- 2026 The Take IMDb ↗
- 2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live IMDb ↗
- 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Okoye IMDb ↗
- 2019 Avengers: Endgame as Okoye IMDb ↗
- 2018 Black Panther as Okoye IMDb ↗
- 2018 Avengers: Infinity War IMDb ↗
- 2014 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast IMDb ↗
- 2013 Mother of George IMDb ↗
- 2010 My Soul to Take IMDb ↗
- 2009 Lie to Me IMDb ↗
Connections
Worked with
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Lupita Nyong’o, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Freeman, Michaela Coel, Becky Lynch, Mabel Cadena
- Black Panther
- Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Freeman, Forest Whitaker
- Avengers: Endgame
- Tom Holland, Zoe Saldaña, Scarlett Johansson, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin