Okoye — Black Panther Character Profile

About Okoye

Leader of the Dora Milaje and fiercely loyal Wakandan protector.

Okoye — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick Facts about Okoye

Eye Color

Brown

First Appearance

Black Panther

Okoye appears in 4 titles

• Black Panther (2018)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — character page
• Avengers: Endgame (2019) — character page
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Danai Gurira

Appears in

Black Panther (2018)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Okoye — Romantic Husband — W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya)

  Marital bond between royal guard and border leader.

• Okoye — Professional Protector — T'Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)

  Military duty and personal devotion to the king.

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• T'Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)
• Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan)
• Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o)
• Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman)
• W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya)
• Zuri (Forest Whitaker)
• N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown)
• Ramonda (Angela Bassett)
• M'Baku (Winston Duke)
• Shuri (Letitia Wright)
• Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis)
• T'Chaka (John Kani)