Age: 48
female
Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dəˈnaɪ ɡʊˈrɪərə/; 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). 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 People's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Danai Gurira
Okoye
for Okoye in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Suggested by seanwhelanwhelan
Following the loss of their king T'Challa, Shuri becomes Queen of Wakanda but does not want to be Black Panther, too much death in her family has been caused by it. M'Baku declares himself as Black Panther, wanting to unite the five tribes. Okoye announces her claim to Black Panther, wanting to protect her Queen. Nakia proclaims herself as Black Panther, wanting to continue T'Challa's legacy. W'Kabi steps up, wanting to become Black Panther as redemption for his mistakes of turning on T'Challa and helping Killmonger take the throne. The four challengers fight for the right to become Black Panther but Namor and Atlantis attack a weakened Wakanda. With a new Queen and no Black Panther, Atlantis invades. Namor claims he wants Shuri to be his Queen, so that he becomes King of Atlantis and Wakanda. If she refuses his offer, he will kill her and become King by force.
