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Danai Gurira
Gurira at the 2019San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Danai Jekesai Gurira

(1978-02-14)February 14, 1978(age 46)
Grinnell, Iowa,U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States and Zimbabwe
EducationMacalester College(BA)
New York University(MFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • playwright
Years active2004–present

Danai Jekesai Gurira(/dəˈnaɪɡʊˈrɪərə/;born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, and activist. She is best known for her starring roles asMichonneon theAMChorror drama seriesThe Walking Dead(2012–2020, 2022) andThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live(2024), and asOkoyein theMarvel Cinematic Universesuperhero films, includingBlack Panther(2018) andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever(2022).

Gurira is also the playwright of theBroadwayplayEclipsed,for which she was nominated for aTony Award for Best Play.[1]

Danai Gurira also got a nomination for the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. |Url=https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_2015_2016awards.html

Early life and education[edit]

Gurira was born on February 14, 1978, inGrinnell, Iowa,to Josephine Gurira, a college librarian, and Roger Gurira, a tenured professor in the Department of Chemistry atGrinnell College(both parents later joined the staff ofUniversity of Wisconsin–Platteville).[2][3][4]Her parents moved fromSouthern Rhodesia,which is nowZimbabwe,to the United States in 1964.[5]She is the youngest of four siblings; Shingai and Choni are her sisters and Tare, her brother,[3]is achiropractor.Gurira lived in Grinnell until December 1983, when at age five she and her family moved back toHarare,the capital ofZimbabwe,[6]afterRobert Mugaberose to power in 1979.[7]

She attended high school atDominican Convent High School.Afterward, she returned to the United States to study atMacalester College[4]inSaint Paul, Minnesota,graduating with aBachelor of Artsin psychology.[5]Gurira also earned aMaster of Fine Artsin acting fromNew York University'sTisch School of the Arts.[8]

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Gurira taught playwriting and acting in Liberia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.[3]One of her earliest notable performances occurred in 2001, as a senior at Macalester College. Gurira performed in a production of theNtozake ShangeplayFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf,directed and choreographed byDale Ricardo Shields.“She was a very intelligent, strong and independent young lady,” said Shields. “She approached her studies, her classes, with a lot of focus, and you can see the same things in her performance in ‘Black Panther.’ ”[9]

Theater and playwriting[edit]

Gurira at the 2015The Walking DeadPanel at San Diego Comic Con.

Gurira said that she began writing plays in an effort to better utilize her strengths as an actress, and to tell stories that convey ideas about strong women with whom she identifies.[5]As a playwright, she has been commissioned byYale Repertory Theatre,Center Theatre Group,Playwrights Horizons,and theRoyal Court.

Gurira co-wrote and co-starred inIn the Continuum,first atWoolly Mammoth Theatre Companyand laterOff-Broadway,which won her anObie Award,[10][11]anOuter Critics Circle Award,and aHelen Hayes Awardfor Best Lead Actress.[8]In December 2011,In the ContinuumcommemoratedWorld AIDS Day 2011.Sponsored by the United States Embassy inZimbabwe,the play was performed at Harare's Theatre and featured the story of two women who were navigating the world after contracting HIV.[12]

In 2009, Gurira made her acting debut onBroadwayinAugust Wilson's playJoe Turner's Come and Goneplaying Martha Pentecost.[13]

Gurira's 2012 playThe Convertwas premiered as a co-production between theGoodman Theatrein Chicago and theMcCarter Theatrein New Jersey. Later that year, Gurira received theWhiting Awardfor an emerging playwright.[14]

In January 2015,Familiar,a play written by Gurira and directed by Rebecca Taichman, opened atYale Repertory Theatre.[15]It later premiered Off-Broadway in New York atPlaywrights Horizons.The play is about family, cultural identity, and the experience of life as a first-generation American, and Gurira has said that it was inspired in part by her family and friends.[16]

In 2015,Lupita Nyong'ostarred in Gurira's play,Eclipsed(2009), Off-Broadway atThe Public Theater.[17]It was announced that the play would move to Broadway in 2016 at theJohn Golden Theatre.[18][19][20]It was the first play to premiere on Broadway with an all female and black cast and creative team. The play is set in war-tornLiberiaand focuses on three women who are living as sex slaves to a rebel commander, as well as one of his former wives, and a relief worker, and follows and how they deal with this difficult situation.[21]It starredLupita Nyong'o,Akosua Busia,Saycon Sengbloh,Zainab Jah,andPascale Armandand was directed by Liesl Tommy.[22]The inspiration for Gurira's play was a photo of Colonel Black Diamond, a female freedom fighter from Liberia, in an article inThe New York Times."Just to see these women standing there, you know, in their jeans and... fashionable tops and their hair is all done, and they're all carrying AK-47s, was just an image I couldn't get out of my head." The image prompted curiosity about Liberia's fourteen-year civil wars, as well as a research trip to Liberia in 2007. Gurira interviewed more than 30 women who had been raped, among whose daughters that had been taken by rebel fighters and turned into sex slaves. She also spoke to female peace activists who were instrumental in ending the violence. The names of the women inEclipsedcome from the people Gurira met during her travels, whereas the fifth character is unnamed.[23]

She received the 2016 Sam Norkin Award, forEclipsedandFamiliar,presented by theDrama Desk Awards,which said, in part: "Danai Gurira demonstrates great insight, range and depth, bringing a fresh new voice to American theater."[24]Eclipsedwas nominated for theTony Award for Best Play,and won theTony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play.[25]

In May 2023 Gurira playedRichard IIIin aShakespeare in the Parkproduction.

Film and television[edit]

Gurira starred in the drama filmThe Visitorin 2007, for which she wonMethod Fest Independent Film FestivalAward for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in the 2008 filmGhost Town,the 2010 films3 BackyardsandMy Soul to Take,andRestless Cityin 2011, as well as the television seriesLaw & Order: Criminal Intent,Life on Mars,andLaw & Order.From 2010 to 2011, she appeared in theHBOdrama seriesTreme.

In 2013, Gurira played a lead role in directorAndrew Dosunmu's independent drama filmMother of George,which premiered at2013 Sundance Film Festival.[5]Gurira received critical acclaim for her performance as a Nigerian woman struggling to live in the United States.[26][27]In June 2013, Gurira won the Jean-Claude Gahd Dam award at the 2013Guys Choice Awards.[28]

Gurira played rapperTupac Shakur's mother,Afeni Shakur,inAll Eyez on Me,a 2017 biopic about the rap star.[29]

In 2020, she signed a deal with ABC Studios.[30]

The Walking Dead[edit]

In March 2012,AMCannounced on a live broadcast that Gurira would join the cast of their horror-drama seriesThe Walking Dead,the highest rated series in cable television history,[31]in its third season.[32][33][34]Gurira playsMichonne,a relentless,katana-wielding character who joins a close-knit group in an apocalyptic world.[33][35]Gurira had to learn how to ride horses for the series, which she enjoyed because it was a physical challenge.[36]In February 2019, reports emerged that Gurira would be exiting the show once she had filmed her last episodes during the tenth season.[37]Gurira's final episode, "What We Become"aired in March 2020, and by the time of her departure, she had been second billed in the opening credits.

In July 2022, it was announced byScott M. Gimple,Andrew Lincolnand Danai Gurira at the San Diego Comic-Con the spin-off mini-series centered around Michonne andRick Grimes,with Lincoln and Gurira reprising their roles from the original television series.[38]The limited series, titledThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live,premiered in February 2024 and consisted of six episodes.[39]She co-created it, produced it and wrote the fourth episode, titled"What We".[40]

Black Panther[edit]

Danai was cast to star in Marvel's filmBlack Panther,which was released in February 2018. She playedGeneral Okoye,the head of theDora Milaje,the personal bodyguards of theBlack Panther.She received critical acclaim for her performance,[41]aScreen Actors Guild Awardsfor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and aPeople's Choice Awardsfor The Action Movie Star of 2018. Gurira reprised Okoye inAvengers: Infinity War(2018),Avengers: Endgame(2019) andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever(2022), and is set to reprise the role starring in an upcoming spinoff series onDisney+.[42]

Activism and philanthropy[edit]

Danai is an advocate for women, the end of poverty andHIV/AIDSawareness.[43][44]

In 2008, Gurira appeared at the Global Green Sustainable Design Awards to read a letter written by aNew Orleansnative displaced byHurricane Katrina.[45]

In 2011, Gurira co-founded Almasi Arts, an organization dedicated to continuing arts education in Zimbabwe.[4][46][47]Gurira currently serves as the Executive Artistic Director.[48]

In 2015, Gurira signed an open letter begun by theONE Campaign.The letter was addressed toAngela MerkelandNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma,urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of theG7in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively.[49]The following year, Gurira founded the non-profit organization Love Our Girls, which aims to highlight the issues and challenges that specifically affect women throughout the world.[50][51]In 2016, Gurira partnered withJohnson & Johnsonin the fight againstHIV/AIDS.[52]

On December 2, 2018, Gurira was announced as aUN WomenGoodwill Ambassadorby UN Women Executive DirectorPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcukaat theGlobal Citizen Festivalin Johannesburg, South Africa. As a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Gurira dedicates her support to putting a spotlight on gender equality and women's rights, as well as bringing unheard women's voices front and center.[53]

On 23 May 2024, Gurira was among the guests invited to thestate dinnerhosted byU.S. PresidentJoe Bidenin honor ofPresidentWilliam Rutoat theWhite House.[54]

Personal life[edit]

Gurira is aChristian[3]and lives in Los Angeles, though she regularly spends time in New York City.[55][56]

Gurira is multilingual and speaksFrench,Shona,basicXhosa,and English.[3]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Visitor Zainab
2008 My Soul to Take Jeanne-Baptiste
Ghost Town Assorted ghost
2010 3 Backyards Woman in Blue Dress
2011 Restless City Sisi
2013 Mother of George Adenike Olumide Balogun
2015 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast Fury (voice)
2017 All Eyez on Me Afeni Shakur [57][58]
2018 Black Panther Okoye
Avengers: Infinity War
2019 Avengers: Endgame
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Marei Rosa Rumbidzai Episode: "Inert Dwarf"
2009 Life on Mars Angela Episode: "The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All"
Law & Order Courtney Owens Episode: "Fed"
2010 American Experience Sarah Steward Episode: "Dolley Madison"
Lie to Me Michelle Russo Episode: "Exposed"
2010–2011 Treme Jill Recurring (Seasons 1–2); 6 episodes
2012–2020, 2022 The Walking Dead Michonne Main cast (Seasons 3–10) and special guest star (season 11); 96 episodes
2017 Robot Chicken Michonne (voice) Episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking"
2021 What If...? Okoye (voice) Episode: "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?"
Episode: "What If... Zombies?!"
Episode: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?"
2023 Great Performances Richard III Season 50, Episode 14:

Richard IIIfilmed live forShakespeare in the Park

2024 The Walking Dead: The Return Herself TV special
2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Michonne Grimes Lead role; also executive producer, co-creator and writer[59]
TBA Eyes of Wakanda Okoye (voice) In development; upcomingDisney+miniseries

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Venue Ref.
2005 In the Continuum Abigail, et al. Playwright (co-wrote withNikkole Salter) Primary Stages, Off-Broadway [60]
2009 Joe Turner's Come and Gone Martha Pentecost Broadway acting debut Belasco Theatre,Broadway [61]
2011 Measure for Measure Isabella Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte Theater [62]
2012 The Convert — Playwright The Young Vic, London [63]
2015 Familiar — Playwright Playwright's Horizons,Off-Broadway [16]
2015 Eclipsed — Playwright The Public Theater,Off-Broadway [64]
2016 — John Golden Theatre,Broadway [65]
2022 Richard III Richard III Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte Theater [66]

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Fortnite Battle Royale Michonne Likeness
2023 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Playable Character (DLC); Voice and Likeness

Works or publications[edit]

  • Gurira, Danai.Running Head: The Neglect of Black Women in Psychology.2001. Honors paper, Macalester College
  • Gurira, Danai, andNikkole Salter.In the continuum.New York, NY: Samuel French, 2008.ISBN978-0-573-65089-5
  • Gurira, Danai.Eclipsed.New York:Dramatists Play Service,2010.ISBN978-0-822-22446-4
  • Gurira, Danai.The Convert.Washington, DC:Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company,2013.
  • Gurira, Danai.Familiar.New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsBilly Rose Theatre Division, 2016.
  • Gurira, Danai.Power of women: Lupita Nyong'o.New York: DKC / O&M, 2016.

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2006 Obie Award Special Citation In the Continuum Won [67]
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Off-Broadway Play Nominated [68]
John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award Won
2007 Helen Hayes Awards Best Lead Actress, Non-Resident Won [69]
2008 Gotham Award Best Ensemble Cast The Visitor Nominated [70]
Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Cast Nominated
Method Fest Best Supporting Actress Won [71]
2012 Satellite Award Best Cast – Television Series The Walking Dead Won [72]
Whiting Awards Writing in Drama The Convert Won [14]
2013 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Best Writing Won [73]
Eyegore Awards Best Ensemble Cast Award The Walking Dead Won [74]
Chlotrudis Awards Best Actress Mother of George Nominated [75]
2014 Black Reel Award Best Actress Won [76]
Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated [77]
American Black Film Festival Hollywood Awards Best Actress Nominated [78]
2016 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series The Walking Dead Nominated [79]
Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress on Television Won [80]
Tony Award Best Play Eclipsed Nominated [81]
Lilly Awards Outstanding Playwriting Won [82]
Drama Desk Award Sam Norkin Award Won [83]
Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Play Nominated [84]
TCG Gala Honoree Won [85]
ImageNation Revolution Awards Revolution Award for Artistic Excellence Won [86]
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Familiar Nominated
Black Girls Rock!Award Star Power Celebrant Herself Won [87]
2017 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series The Walking Dead Nominated [88]
2018 Best Supporting Actress Black Panther Won [89]
Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series The Walking Dead Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Team Black Panther Nominated
Best Fight Avengers: Infinity War Nominated
People's Choice Awards The Action Movie Star of 2018 Black Panther Won
2019 Black Reel Award Outstanding Supporting Actress Black Panther Nominated [90]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won [91]
Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series The Walking Dead Won [92]
2024 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Pending [93]

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