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Danai Jekesai Gurira (/ d ə ˈ n aɪ ɡ ʊ ˈ r ɪər ə /; 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 ...
Actress: Black Panther. Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare. Gurira later returned to the United States, and studied social psychology at ...
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Danai Gurira. Actress: Black Panther. Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare. Gurira later returned to the United States, and studied social psychology at Macalester College, receiving an MFA ...
- February 14, 1978
May 14, 2024 · Danai Gurira (born February 14, 1978, Grinnell, Iowa, U.S.) is a Zimbabwean American stage and screen actress and playwright.Although Gurira is perhaps best known for her roles in the television series The Walking Dead and the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Panther movies, she is also an award-winning playwright whose works include In the Continuum (2005), Eclipsed (2009), The Convert ...
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Nov 9, 2023 · November 9, 2023 7:58 AM EST. A s an award-winning actor, playwright, and women's rights activist, Danai Gurira is the definition of a multi-hyphenate—but growing up, she had her sights set on ...
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Feb 17, 2018 · He, in turn, is protected by a group of female warriors led by Okoye, played with scene-stealing verve by actress and playwright Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead, Mother Of George).
Nov 7, 2022 · Katana-wielding badass, General of the Dora Milaje, acclaimed playwright. Danai Gurira has spent her career exploding clichés and skewering expectations. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, she ...
