Danai Gurira

Biography

Date of Birth Grinnell, Iowa, USA Mini Biography Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa to parents from Zimbabwe, when her father was teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was 5, the family moved back to Zimbabwe. Gurira studied social psychology at Macalaster College, and received 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. IMDb Mini Biography By: msb Trivia She was nominated for a 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "In the Continuum" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

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Birth Name

Danai Jekesai Gurira

Birth Place

Grinnell, Iowa, USA

Birth Date

2/14/1978
Known For
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Black Panther

Okoye

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Okoye

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All Eyez on Me

Afeni Shakur

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Mother of George

Adenike Balogun

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Self

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The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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The Walking Dead: The Return

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Restless City

Sisi

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ABC 20/20 Special - Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Self (archive footage)

Starring In
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Matchbox: The Movie

Helen

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The Walking Dead: The Return

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The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Okoye

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Self

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Self

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ABC 20/20 Special - Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Self (archive footage)

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Avengers: Endgame

Okoye

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Avengers: Infinity War

Okoye

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Black Panther

Okoye

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All Eyez on Me

Afeni Shakur

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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Fury (USA) (voice)

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Mother of George

Adenike Balogun

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Restless City

Sisi

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My Soul To Take

Jeanne-Baptiste

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The Visitor

Zainab

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