Danai Guirira (Michonne)

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Date of Birth: February 14 1978 at Grinnell, Iowa, USA

Height: 5' 7" (1.7 m)

Danai Jekesai Gurira (Full Name) (I love it!) 

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

 She is the co-author of the play, "In the Continuum", with Nikkole Salter

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Trivia's

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.

When Gurira's play "Eclipsed" was produced at the Yale Repertory Theater in 2009, the lead role of "the Girl" was performed by actress Adepero Oduye and understudied by then-Yale Drama School student Lupita Nyong'o. A few years later, Oduye and Nyong'o both acted in the film 12 Years a Slave, and Nyong'o won an Oscar for that performance. When the same play was produced at New York's Public Theater six years later, Nyong'o this time played the lead role.

Unlike Michonne, Danai Is Pretty Talkative. "I'm extremely verbal. I talk," Danai admitted . "But I get it. I loved not having to talk for awhile. I think Michonne was probably a little bit more of a talker before the apocalypse."  

She Was Born in Iowa, but Raised in Zimbabwe. "We moved to Zimbabwe when I was five, some years after Zimbabwe had gained independence," Danai . She reflected, "Zimbabwe was at its height. It was the gem of Africa. It had a lot of modernity. It was in a very interesting moment."  

She Doesn't Just Act — She's , Too! Danai's two-woman play In The Continuum, which she co-wrote while still in NYU's acting program, snagged her a 2006 Obie Award, a 2006 Outer Critics Award, and a 2004 Global Tolerance Award. A later play, Eclipsed, gained major accolades, as well, including Best New Play at the 2010 Helen Hayes Awards and Best Playwright at the 2010 NAACP Theater Awards.  

Like Co-Stars Steven Yeun and Sonequa Martin-Green, She Studied Psychology. Before Danai realized her calling was to "tell African women's stories," she was a social psychology student at Macalester College in Minnesota — although she began acting at 13 while living in Zimbabwe.  

The Katana Isn't Her First Sword. Danai had some broadsword training in college, but, she , "The broadsword is nothing compared to the katana." She continued, "I watched a little video of the broadsword being tested against the katana just in terms of little things that have to do with severing armor or whatever, and the katana was so much more bad-asser than the broadsword. The broadsword was useless almost — it was like, 'Oh, you Brits, you failed. Japanese 1, Brits 0.' It was like learning from scratch because it is not the same weapon."  

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Noticed I haven't posted lately so yep here it is. And it's her birthday so why not right? Sorry if it's to short, I should be studying now but oh well. What do you want to see next?

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