Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira
Danai Jekesai Gurirais a Zimbabwean American actress and playwright, best known for her role as Michonne on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama series, and as the writer of the Tony Award-winning play Eclipsed...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth14 February 1978
CityGrinnel, IA
CountryUnited States of America
thinking who-i-am different
My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I always think I look so different.
people needs feels
People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so
space want add
You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.
zombie apocalypse situation
A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.
writing topics shame
I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is part of the reason I started to write.
people understanding culture
I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.
fighter ifs
If you're a fighter, you recognize a fighter.
struggle men thinking
There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.
fighting play nyu
I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.
acting combat performance plays shakespeare situations swords
I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.