Danai Gurira

Award-Winning Playwright, Actress in "Black Panther", "The Walking Dead" Star

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Danai Gurira Biography

Danai Gurira is an award-winning playwright and actress. As a playwright, her works include "In the Continuum" (OBIE Award, Outer Critics Award, Helen Hayes Award), "Eclipsed" (Tony Award Nomination: Best Play; NAACP Award; Helen Hayes Award: Best New Play; Connecticut Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Production of a Play), and "The Convert" (six Ovation Awards, Los Angeles Outer Critics Award). Her play, "Familiar," received its world premiere at Yale Rep in 2015, and premiered in New York at Playwrights Horizons in February 2016. She is a recipient of the Sam Norkin Award at the 2016 Drama Desk Awards, a Whiting Award, a Hodder Fellow, and has been commissioned by Yale Rep, Center Theatre Group, Playwrights Horizons, and the Royal Court.

As an actor, Gurira appeared in Marvel’s blockbuster phenomenon "Black Panther" as General Okoye and reprised the role in another blockbuster sensation "Avengers: Infinity War" in April 2018. Gurira starred in AMC’s "The Walking Dead" as "Michonne" (NAACP Image Award nomination) from 2012 to 2019. Other select acting credits include the films "All Eyez on Me" (NAACP Image Award nomination), "The Visitor", "Mother of George," and the NYS&F’s "Measure for Measure" (Equity Callaway Award.) Gurira is currently adapting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book "Americanah" into a miniseries.

Born in the US to Zimbabwean parents and raised in Zimbabwe, she holds an M.F.A. from Tisch, NYU and serves as an ambassador for Bono’s ONE campaign. She is also the founder of LOGpledge.org, an awareness-building campaign focused on the plights of women and girls around the globe; and the co-founder of Almasi Arts, which works to give access and opportunity to the African Dramatic Artist.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/04/2024.

Danai Gurira Videos

  • Danai Gurira | Be more human | Reebok
    Danai is a whole new kind of hero. She has made it her mission is to create a level playing field for women and girls.
  • Danai Gurira – Breaking Big
    OZY Media's third prime-time television show, Breaking Big, airs Fridays at 8.30 p.m. ET on PBS stations, OZY.com and Facebook Watch.
  • Danai Gurira on the All-Female 'Avengers' Rumor
    Ellen found out if "Black Panther" star Danai Gurira knows anything about the rumored all-female "Avengers" film.

Danai Gurira Books

  • Familiar (TCG Edition)
    Familiar (TCG Edition)
  • The Convert (Oberon Modern Plays)
    The Convert (Oberon Modern Plays)
  • Eclipsed (Revised TCG Edition)
    Eclipsed (Revised TCG Edition)

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Danai Gurira is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Danai Gurira for your event is $100,000 - $200,000. Danai Gurira generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dolly Parton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cynthia Nixon, Spike Lee and Bethany Joy Lenz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Danai Gurira for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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