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Danai Gurira

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Danai Gurira
IMDb sits down with stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, and director Ryan Coogler to learn more about favorite costumes, cast traditions on set, underwater feats of endurance, Talokan phrases, memorable fan encounters, and more.
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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 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She is the co-author of the play, "In the Continuum", with Nikkole Salter.
BornFebruary 14, 1978
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      • 13 wins & 31 nominations total

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    Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
    Black Panther
    7.3
    • Okoye
    • 2018
    Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Keith Splinter Davis, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Florence Kasumba, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Tim McAdams, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Heck, Carlos Guity, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Jeremy Sample, Precious Jenkins, Karen Gillan, Dominique Elijah Smith, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tiffany Espensen, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Matthew Zuk, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Blair Jasin, Femi Olagoke, Ethan Dizon, Michael Pierino Miller, Taraja Ramsess, Jénel Stevens, Michael Anthony Rogers, Gee Alexander, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Letitia Wright, James Sterling, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Isabella Amara, Ryan Robertson, Kevin D Wilson, Daniel Graham, Joseph Singletary, Michael James Shaw, David Dman Escobar, Solomon Glave, Kevin Montgomery, Rabon Hutcherson, Carrie Coon, Martavious Cerrone Gayles, Kirk A. Jenkins, Tanya Wheelock, Andrew S. McMillan, Marcus Lewis, Donny Carrington, Gary Peebles, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Tye Claybrook Jr., Khalil' La'Marr Pickett, Marie Mouroum, Jazzy Ellis, Marija Juliette Abney, Phedra Syndelle, Winston Duke, Antjuan Rhames, Jefferson Lewis, Jared Moser, Zola Williams, Dawit Gulilat, Denisha Gillespie, Harrison Osterfield, James Siderits, Brandon M. Shaw, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Chris Moore, Ariana Greenblatt, Annie Pisapia, Matthew Christensen, Simeon Freeman, Branden Arnold, Michael David Yuhl, Daniela Gaskie, Jamel D. Chambers, John Gettier, Sergio Briones, Nathaniel Perry, Jacob Batalon, Matthew Excel Simmons, Lucie Carroll, Bobby James, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Olaniyan Thurmon, Edward Parker, Cecil M. Henry, Cory Dunson, Bruce Anthony Shepperson, Perla Middleton, Laurel O Wagner, Jachin Myers, Elgin Lee, Demetri Landell, Tony Dupar, Shawn South, Mallory Kidwell, Devin Koehler, Chase Ledgerwood, Jomahl Gildersleve, Frank David Monroe, Granger Summerset II, Austin Rospert, Lady Cardinal, Luke Maher, Laura Miller, Joe Maitland, Dylan Gajai, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
    Avengers: Infinity War
    8.4
    • Okoye
    • 2018
    Richard Jenkins and Danai Gurira in The Visitor (2007)
    The Visitor
    7.6
    • Zainab
    • 2007
    Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    6.6
    • Okoye
    • 2022

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    • Eyes of Wakanda
      • Okoye
      • Post-production
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2025
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      • Shirley Chisholm
      • Pre-production
    • Matchbox
      • In Production



    • Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
      The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Michonne Hawthorne
      • 2024
    • Barry Sloane and Julian Kostov in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)
      Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
      5.3
      Video Game
      • Michonne
      • 2023
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Richard III
      • 2023
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Michonne
      • Michonne Hawthorne
      • 2012–2022
    • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
      Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
      6.6
      • Okoye
      • 2022
    • Nissan Presents: Thrill Driver (2022)
      Nissan Presents: Thrill Driver
      6.0
      Video
      • Danai Gurira
      • 2022
    • Pandemica (2021)
      Pandemica
      4.5
      TV Mini Series
      • (voice)
      • 2021
    • What If...? (2021)
      What If...?
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Okoye (voice)
      • 2021
    • Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Natalie Portman, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Redford, Rene Russo, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Linda Cardellini, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Matthew Berry, Russell Bobbitt, Taika Waititi, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, James D'Arcy, Chris Evans, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Patrick Gorman, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, Maximiliano Hernández, Ken Jeong, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Jack Kirby, Brie Larson, Stan Lee, James Lin, Mike Lutz, Lee Moore, Callan Mulvey, Elizabeth Olsen, Taylor Patterson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, John Posey, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Hiroyuki Sanada, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, John Slattery, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wisdom, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Jennifer 'Ms Fer' Russell, Camille Kinloch, Penelope Kathryn Golden, Eric Patrick Cameron, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Ava Russo, Julian Russo, Jamie Wedel, Bazlo LeClair, Loen LeClair, Augie Rosalina, Erica Ribley, Carlos A. Aparicio, Tom Hiddleston, Sam Hargrave, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Caleb Spencer Barr, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Ty Simpkins, Audrae Peterson, Don Heck, Evangeline Lilly, Keith Wallace, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Kyle Banks, Sebastian Stan, Joy McAvoy, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Tessa Thompson, Donald Mustard, Hayley Atwell, Karen Gillan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Brian Schaeffer, Michael Pierino Miller, Keith Nussbaum, Emma Fuhrmann, Anthony B. Harris, Letitia Wright, Maxwell L. Highsmith, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Anthony G Breed, Brent McGee, Ami Fujimoto, Michael James Shaw, Dustin Pitan, Carrie Coon, Eric Word, Andrew S. McMillan, Benjamin Weaver, Mari Kasuya, Khalid Ghajji, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Jaylen Davis, Jack Champion, John Michael Morris, Hye Jin Jang, Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Michael A. Cook, Jackson A. Dunn, Jennifer Elmore, Ben Sakamoto, Jay D. Kacho, Faith Logan, Brent Moorer Gaskins, Vincent Angel, Paul Pillsbury, Timothy Carr, Daniela Gaskie, Cameron Brumbelow, Kris Taylor, James Robert Taylor, Lia Russo, Jacob Batalon, Andy Field, Renah Gallagher, Tevin Beech, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Jason M. Edwards, Olaniyan Thurmon, Kevin Kobinsky, Miles Webb, Maria Z. Wilson, Alexa Medina, Rob Romero, Cade Woodward, Monica Mathis, Shaun McMillan, Roe Dunkley, Jamaal Burcher, Kiersten Dolbec, Raul Alcantar, Greg Tiffan, Eric Wallace, Kari Yovetich, Ryan L. Price, Daniel L. Murphy, Daniel Callister, Nolan Ekberg, Kevin So, Lexi Rabe, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • Okoye
      • 2019
    • Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Keith Splinter Davis, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Florence Kasumba, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Tim McAdams, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Heck, Carlos Guity, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Jeremy Sample, Precious Jenkins, Karen Gillan, Dominique Elijah Smith, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tiffany Espensen, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Matthew Zuk, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Blair Jasin, Femi Olagoke, Ethan Dizon, Michael Pierino Miller, Taraja Ramsess, Jénel Stevens, Michael Anthony Rogers, Gee Alexander, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Letitia Wright, James Sterling, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Isabella Amara, Ryan Robertson, Kevin D Wilson, Daniel Graham, Joseph Singletary, Michael James Shaw, David Dman Escobar, Solomon Glave, Kevin Montgomery, Rabon Hutcherson, Carrie Coon, Martavious Cerrone Gayles, Kirk A. Jenkins, Tanya Wheelock, Andrew S. McMillan, Marcus Lewis, Donny Carrington, Gary Peebles, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Tye Claybrook Jr., Khalil' La'Marr Pickett, Marie Mouroum, Jazzy Ellis, Marija Juliette Abney, Phedra Syndelle, Winston Duke, Antjuan Rhames, Jefferson Lewis, Jared Moser, Zola Williams, Dawit Gulilat, Denisha Gillespie, Harrison Osterfield, James Siderits, Brandon M. Shaw, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Chris Moore, Ariana Greenblatt, Annie Pisapia, Matthew Christensen, Simeon Freeman, Branden Arnold, Michael David Yuhl, Daniela Gaskie, Jamel D. Chambers, John Gettier, Sergio Briones, Nathaniel Perry, Jacob Batalon, Matthew Excel Simmons, Lucie Carroll, Bobby James, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Olaniyan Thurmon, Edward Parker, Cecil M. Henry, Cory Dunson, Bruce Anthony Shepperson, Perla Middleton, Laurel O Wagner, Jachin Myers, Elgin Lee, Demetri Landell, Tony Dupar, Shawn South, Mallory Kidwell, Devin Koehler, Chase Ledgerwood, Jomahl Gildersleve, Frank David Monroe, Granger Summerset II, Austin Rospert, Lady Cardinal, Luke Maher, Laura Miller, Joe Maitland, Dylan Gajai, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
      Avengers: Infinity War
      8.4
      • Okoye
      • 2018
    • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
      Black Panther
      7.3
      • Okoye
      • 2018
    • Robot Chicken (2005)
      Robot Chicken
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Michonne Hawthorne (voice)
      • 2017
    • Demetrius Shipp Jr. in All Eyez on Me (2017)
      All Eyez on Me
      5.9
      • Afeni Shakur
      • 2017
    • Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin, Raven-Symoné, Pamela Adlon, Mae Whitman, and Megan Hilty in Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
      Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
      7.1
      Video
      • Fury (voice)
      • 2014
    • Mother of George (2013)
      Mother of George
      6.5
      • Adenike Balogun
      • 2013

    Producer



    • Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
      The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: Cast Diaries (2024)
      The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: Cast Diaries
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • The Walking Dead: The Return (2024)
      The Walking Dead: The Return
      7.6
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Americanah
      5.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021

    Writer



    • Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
      The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • created by
      • written by
      • story by (creator)
      • 2024
    • Americanah
      5.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2021

    Videos165

    'Wakanda Forever' Stars Share Pride for Their 'Black Panther' Legacy
    Clip 2:45
    'Wakanda Forever' Stars Share Pride for Their 'Black Panther' Legacy
    Burning Questions With 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
    Clip 4:21
    Burning Questions With 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
    Burning Questions With 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
    Clip 4:21
    Burning Questions With 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
    'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Cast Breaks Down Emotional Trailer at SDCC 2022
    Clip 2:54
    'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Cast Breaks Down Emotional Trailer at SDCC 2022
    "The Walking Dead" Universe Goes Interstellar & Beyond
    Clip 3:10
    "The Walking Dead" Universe Goes Interstellar & Beyond
    Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
    Clip 6:06
    Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
    "The Walking Dead": Preparing for Michonne's Emotional Exit
    Interview 2:28
    "The Walking Dead": Preparing for Michonne's Emotional Exit

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    • Height
      • 5′ 4¼″ (1.63 m)
    • Born
      • February 14, 1978
      • Grinnell, Iowa, USA
    • Parents
        Roger Gurira
    • Relatives
        Shingai Gurira(Sibling)
    • Other works
      She acted in the play, "In the Continuum", by Danai Gurira with Nikkole Salter, at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Robert O'Hara was director.
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      She was born in Grinnell, Iowa but resided in her parents' native Zimbabwe from ages five to eighteen, when she returned to the United States to attend college.
    • Quotes
      [on preparing to play a sword-wielding zombie slayer in The Walking Dead (2010)] I do have some dings on my apartment wall from tricks I was attempting at home. I don't advise that.

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