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Danai Gurira

1978 - Today

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Danai Jekesai Gurira (; 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danai Gurira has received more than 10,170,760 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Danai Gurira is the 3,388th most popular actor (down from 2,992nd in 2019), the 5,101st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,682nd in 2019) and the 1,521st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Danai Gurira ranks 3,388 out of 13,578. Before her are Mae Murray, Taryn Power, Valérie Lemercier, Curt Bois, David Patrick Kelly, and Giorgia Moll. After her are Robert Picardo, Theodore Bikel, Bradford Dillman, Dorothea Jordan, Ali Larter, and Billy Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Danai Gurira ranks 59. Before her are Lauren German, Amal Clooney, Gwendoline Christie, Steve Chen, Eiður Guðjohnsen, and Jelena Karleuša. After her are Ayumi Hamasaki, Tyrese Gibson, Tom Ellis, Lee Ji-ah, Yiruma, and Alexandra Maria Lara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danai Gurira ranks 5,101 out of 20,380. Before her are Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Mae Murray (1885), Taryn Power (1953), Jonathan Winters (1925), David Patrick Kelly (1951), and Elmer Rice (1892). After her are Robert Picardo (1953), Andrew Mellon (1855), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Pat Buchanan (1938), Bradford Dillman (1930), and Stephen E. Ambrose (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Danai Gurira ranks 1,521. Before her are Henry Darrow (1933), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Mackenyu (1996), Mae Murray (1885), Taryn Power (1953), and David Patrick Kelly (1951). After her are Robert Picardo (1953), Bradford Dillman (1930), Ali Larter (1976), Billy Burke (1966), Kevin Pollak (1957), and Gregg Henry (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

Black Panther
Okoye
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Feb 13o 20187.382 / 10
The Walking Dead
Michonne Hawthorne
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
8.107 / 10
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Okoye
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Nov 9o 20227.092 / 10