Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira is an American actress who was cast in the spring of 2012. In order to portray Michonne's katana skills, Danai had to train with a sword for several weeks.

She 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. 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.

Danai has made appearances on shows such as "Treme," Law & Order," "Lie to Me," "American Experience," and "Life on Mars."

She has played a role in movies such as The Visitor (for which she won the 2008 Best Supporting Actress award at the Method Fest), My Soul to Take, Restless City, and Ma' George.

Year	Award	Category	Shared With	Result
2008	BSFC Award	Best Ensemble Cast	Haaz Sleiman Hiam Abbass Richard Jenkins	Second Place
	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Haaz Sleiman Hiam Abbass Richard Jenkins	Nominated
	Method Fest	Best Supporting Actress		Won

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Main Cast	Alanna Masterson (7-9) • Andrew Lincoln (1-9) • Angel Theory (11) • Cailey Fleming (11) • Callan McAuliffe (11) • Cassady McClincy (11) • Chad Coleman (5) • Chandler Riggs (1-8) • Christian Serratos (7-11) • Cooper Andrews (11) • Danai Gurira (3-10) • David Morrissey (3-4) • Eleanor Matsuura (11) • Emily Kinney (5) • Jeffrey Dean Morgan (7-11) • Jeffrey DeMunn (1-2) • Jon Bernthal (1-2) • Josh Hamilton (11) • Josh McDermitt (7-11) • Katelyn Nacon (9) • Khary Payton (9-11) • Laila Robins (11) • Lauren Cohan (3-11) • Lauren Ridloff (11) • Laurie Holden (1-3) • Lennie James (6-8) • Melissa McBride (4-11) • Michael Cudlitz (5-7) • Michael James Shaw (11) • Michael Rooker (3) • Nadia Hilker (11) • Norman Reedus (2-11) • Paola Lázaro (11) • Ross Marquand (8-11) • Ryan Hurst (10) • Samantha Morton (9-10) • Sarah Wayne Callies (1-3) • Scott Wilson (4) • Seth Gilliam (8-11) • Sonequa Martin-Green (6-7) • Steven Yeun (1-7) • Tom Payne (9)

Also Starring	Alanna Masterson (4-7) • Aldis Hodge (4) • Alex Meraz (11) • Alex Sgambati (11) • Alexa Nikolas (3) • Alexandra Breckenridge (5-6) • Alicia Witt (6) • Anabelle Holloway (11) • Andrew Bachelor (10) • Andrew J. West (4-5) • Andrew Rothenberg (1) • Aneesh Sheth (11) • Angel Theory (10-11) • Angus Sampson (9) • Ann Mahoney (6-7) • Audrey Marie Anderson (4) • Austin Abrams (5-6) • Austin Amelio (6-8) • Austin Nichols (5-7) • Avi Nash (8-10) • Avianna Mynhier (10-11) • Benedict Samuel (5-6) • Blaine Kern III (10) • Brad Fleischer (11) • Brandon Fobbs (4) • Branton Box (11) • Breeda Wool (10) • Brett Butler (9) • Brighton Sharbino (4) • Bryan McClure (11) • Burke Brown (11) • C. Thomas Howell (9, 11) • Cailey Fleming (9-11) • Callan McAuliffe (8-10) • Cameron Roberts (10-11) • Cassady McClincy (9-11) • Chad Coleman (3-4) • Charles Halford (8) • Chelle Ramos (11) • Chris Coy (5) • Christian Serratos (4-7) • Christine Evangelista (6-7) • Christine Woods (5) • Christopher Berry (6) • Connor Hammond (11) • Cooper Andrews (8-10) • Corey Hawkins (6-7) • Cullen Moss (5) • Dallas Roberts (3) • Dan Fogler (9-11) • Daniel Bonjour (5) • Daniel Newman (8) • David Morrissey (4) • Deborah May (7-8) • Denise Crosby (4-5) • Dikran Tulaine (11) • Donzaleigh Abernathy (3) • Eleanor Matsuura (9-11) • Elizabeth Becka (11) • Elizabeth Ludlow (8-9) • Emily Kinney (2-4) • Emma Bell (1) • Enver Gjokaj (4) • Erik Jensen (5) • Ethan Embry (6) • Eve Gordon (10) • Glenn Stanton (11) • Gonzalo Menendez (11) • Greg Perrow (11) • Havana Blum (10) • Hilarie Burton Morgan (10) • Ian Anthony Dale (11) • IronE Singleton (2-3) • Jackson Pace (11) • Jacob Young (11) • James Devoti (10-11) • James Parks (10) • Jason Butler Harner (11) • Jason Douglas (5-8) • Jayne Atkinson (8) • Jayson Warner Smith (8) • Jeananne Goossen (6) • Jeff Kober (4) • Jesse C. Boyd (11) • Jessejames Locorriere (10) • Jessica Pohly (10) • Jill Jane Clements (6) • John Carroll Lynch (6) • John Finn (9-10) • Jon Eyez (8-9) • Jordan Woods-Robinson (8) • Jose Pablo Cantillo (3-4) • Josh Hamilton (11) • Josh McDermitt (4-7) • Joshua Mikel (8) • Juan Gabriel Pareja (1, 8) • Juan Javier Cardenas (10) • Juliet Brett (10) • Julio Cesar Cedillo (3) • Justin Miles (6) • Karen Ceesay (10) • Karl Makinen (7) • Katelyn Nacon (6-8) • Keisha Castle-Hughes (5) • Kenric Green (6-10) • Kerry Cahill (9-11) • Kerry Condon (4) • Kevin Carroll (10-11) • Khary Payton (7-9) • Kirk Acevedo (4) • Kyla Kenedy (4) • Kyle Gallner (4) • Laila Robins (11) • Lane Miller (8) • Lauren Cohan (2) • Lauren Ridloff (9-11) • Laurie Fortier (11) • Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (4-5) • Lennie James (1, 5) • Lew Temple (3) • Lindsley Register (9-10) • Logan Miller (7) • Lynn Collins (10-11) • Macsen Lintz (9) • Madison Lintz (2) • Mahdi Cocci (11) • Major Dodson (6) • Margot Bingham (10-11) • Mark Sivertsen (10) • Matt Bushell (11) • Matt Lintz (9) • Maximiliano Hernández (5) • Medina Senghore (11) • Melissa McBride (2-3) • Melissa Ponzio (3-4) • Merritt Wever (6) • Meyrick Murphy (4) • Michael Biehn (11) • Michael Cudlitz (4) • Michael James Shaw (11) • Michael Raymond James (2) • Michael Rooker (1-2) • Michael Tourek (11) • Michael Weaver (11) • Michael Zegen (2) • Miles Mussenden (10) • Nadia Hilker (9-11) • Nadine Marissa (9-11) • Nicole Barré (9) • Noah Emmerich (1) • Noel Gugliemi (1) • Norman Reedus (1) • Okea Eme-Akwari (11) • Olivia Stambouliah (10) • Paola Lázaro (10-11) • Pollyanna McIntosh (7-9) • Pruitt Taylor Vince (2) • R. Keith Harris (8) • Rhys Coiro (9) • Rich Ceraulo (6) • Ritchie Coster (11) • Robert Patrick (10) • Robin Lord Taylor (4-5) • Rod Rowland (10) • Ross Marquand (5-7) • Rus Blackwell (6) • Rutina Wesley (9) • Ryan Hurst (9) • Sabrina Gennarino (8) • Samantha Morton (9) • Scott Wilson (2-3) • Seth Gilliam (5-7) • Sonequa Martin-Green (3-5) • Steve Coulter (5) • Steve Kazee (9) • Steven Ogg (6-8) • Stuart Greer (6) • Sunkrish Bala (4) • Sydney Park (7-10) • Tate Ellington (4-5) • Taylor Nichols (10) • Teo Rapp-Olsson (11) • Thomas Francis Murphy (7-8) • Thora Birch (10) • Tom Payne (6-8) • Tovah Feldshuh (5-6) • Traci Dinwiddie (9) • Tyler James Williams (5) • Vincent Martella (4) • Whitmer Thomas (8) • Wynn Everett (11) • Xander Berkeley (6-9) • Zach McGowan (9)

Co-Stars	Aaron Farb (8-9) • Aaron Munoz (2) • Adam Boyer (5) • Adam Cronan (8) • Adam Fristoe (8) • Adam Minarovich (1-2) • Adrian Kali Turner (1) • Aerli Austen (7) • AJ Achinger (9) • Al Vicente (3) • Alan Heckner (8) • Alec Rayme (6) • Alex Sgambati (10-11) • Alex Van (3) • Allie McCulloch (9) • Amber Chaney (2) • Amy Cain (2) • Amy Dionne (4) • Anabelle Holloway (9-11) • Andrea Moore (5) • Andrew Rothenberg (3) • Andy Glen (3) • Angel Theory (9) • Anissa Matlock (5) • Anja Akstin (7) • Ann Mahoney (5-6) • Anthony Guajardo (1) • Anthony J. Police (8) • Anthony Lopez (7-10) • Antony Azor (9-11) • April Billingsley (5) • Arthur Bridgers (3) • Ashlyn Stallings (9) • Austin Freeman (10) • Autumn Dial (7-8) • Avianna Mynhier (9) • Barrett Doyle (11) • Ben VanderMey (9) • Benjamin Keepers (9) • Benjamin Papac (5) • Beth Keener (6) • Bethany Anne Lind (6) • Brad Ashten (8) • Braian Rivera Jimenez (11) • Brandon Carroll (4) • Brandon O'Dell (11) • Brett Gentile (6-8) • Brian F. 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