Danai Gurira
Danai Jekesai Gurira (born February 14, 1978 in Grinnell , Iowa ) is an American actress , activist and screenwriter . She is committed to equal rights for women and girls.
Life
Danai Gurira's parents are from Zimbabwe . She began her acting career in 2004 with an appearance on the television series Criminal Intent . She then played the illegal immigrant Zainab in the 2007 film A Summer in New York - The Visitor . Appearances in various series and film productions followed, such as Wen die Geister liebe , Law & Order , My Soul to Take and Lie to Me . From 2010 to 2011 she played a supporting role in the drama series Treme .
She became known to a wider audience in 2012 when she starred as the mysterious swordsman Michonne on the television series The Walking Dead . In 2018, she took on the role of Okoye in the Marvel film adaptation of Black Panther and reappeared in the same role in the chronological sequel Avengers: Infinity War in the same year.
In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
In the same year she took part in the Reebok campaign #bemorehuman .
Filmography (selection)
- 2004: Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, episode 4x09)
- 2007: A Summer in New York - The Visitor (The Visitor)
- 2008: Who the Ghosts Love (Ghost Town)
- 2009: Law & Order (TV series, episode 20x11)
- 2010: My Soul to Take
- 2010: Lie to Me (TV series, episode 2x20)
- 2010–2011: Treme (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2011: Restless City
- 2012–2020: The Walking Dead (TV series, 89 episodes)
- 2013: Mother of George
- 2015: Tinkerbell and the Legend of the NeverBeast ( Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast , voice of Fury)
- 2017: All Eyez on Me
- 2018: Black Panther
- 2018: Avengers: Infinity War
- 2019: Avengers: Endgame
Scripts for plays (selection)
- 2008: In the Continuum
- 2010: Eclipsed
- 2015: Familiar
- 2017: The Convert
Web links
- Danai Gurira in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Danai Gurira in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Avengers 3: Infinity War": "The Walking Dead" -Amazone Danai "Michonne" Gurira in the fight for the MCU. June 14, 2016, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
- ↑ Danai Gurira in the “BeMoreHuman” campaign , accessed on September 12, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gurira, Danai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gurira, Danai Jekesai (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grinnell , Iowa , United States |