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
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.
physically-active active
I've always been extremely physically active.
stuff action
I've always been attracted to action stuff.
hate scared horror
I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
spirit artistic
My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres.
ideas stuff world
You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!
quality care salt
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
witty smart together
Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.
people narrative literal
I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
book back-in-the-day comic
Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
house-of-cards tv-shows orange
My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.
character flawed best-character
The best characters are always wretchedly flawed
writing people actors
I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.
cousin children home
I just feel like it's fascinating to me just watching my own family, seeing my cousins have children here, seeing the generations go on, and seeing how people are still very connected to their home, but are actually, of course, Americans too. That sort of a hybrided sense of self is something that I yearn to see more of expressed.