Danai Gurira Net Worth 2022 | Movies | Instagram | Husband |Career|Bio

Introduction

Danai Gurira is a Zimbabwean-American actress who was born in Grinnell, Iowa and moved to Zimbabwe with her family when she was only five years old. She graduated from Macalester College and then received an MFA from New York University. She started her professional career onstage, winning numerous awards for her work in the 2005 production of “In the Continuum”, an Off-Broadway play that she also wrote.

After that, she started adding film and television characters to her Career. She has appeared in such projects which includes “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “The Visitor”, “Ghost Town”, “Life on Mars”, “American Experience”, “Lie to Me”, “3 Backyards”, “My Soul to Take”, and “Restless City”. Along with that she also had a role on “Treme” and has continued to work in the theatre, appearing in “The Convert”, which she also wrote. She is currently performing on the hit series, “The Walking Dead”. In 2017 she acted in the biopic about Tupac “All Eyez on Me” as Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur.

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• Introduction
• Quick Facts
• Net Worth
• Bio
• Career
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Quick Facts

Net Worth

 Danai is well-known for her work in theatre and has directed several small films. She’s also lent her voice and her net worth is expected to rise as her career progresses. Her approx net worth is around$ 5 million (INR 41.30 Cr). She rose to fame thanks to her character of Michonne in “The Walking Dead.” Her annual income is approx to be $750,000 (INR 6.20 Cr) in 2022. Her movie, promotion, and brand sponsorship are her other sources of income.

Bio

Danai Jekesai Gurira is a Zimbabwean-American actress who was born on 14th February 1978 in Grinnell, Iowa. Her parents fled to the United States before she was born, fleeing Southern Rhodesia which is now in Zimbabwe. She studied at Dominican Convent High School after his family returned to Zimbabwe following the country’s independence.

She returned to the United States to study psychology at Macalester College, where she graduated with honours. After that, she completed her Master of Fine Arts in Acting at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

She started her career by concentrating on playwriting to develop her acting skills. She co-wrote and co-performed in the play “In the Continuum,” which has also won multiple awards including a Helen Hayes Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. The story was about two women who were travelling the world after contracting the AIDS virus. Danai later made her Broadway debut in “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” for which she was nominated for another Emmy.

She wrote the play “Familiar” in 2015, which is about a family, life, and cultural identity. She also wrote the play “Eclipsed” six years prior, although it didn’t gain widespread fame until 2015. Lupita Nyong’O acted in the play, which was about three women who worked as sex slaves for a rebel commander. These two plays would go on to win a slew of prizes in 2015, including a Tony for Best Costume Design in a Play.

Aside from theatre, she developed a name for herself as an actress in independent films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in “The Visitor,” and went on to star in films including “My Soul to Take,” “3 Backyards,” and “Restless City.”

She also had cameo appearances on TV shows like “Law & Order,” “Life on Mars,” and “Treme.” She starred in the critically acclaimed independent film “Mother of George” in 2013, and was then cast in the biographical “All Eyez on Me.” Her most famous performance to date has been in AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” She joined the cast of the show in 2012 and acted as Michonne, a katana-wielding character, in the third season.

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