Danai Gurira

Actress and playwright Danai Gurira will star as one of the most anticipated and popular characters in season three of AMC’s The Walking Dead. In the season two finale, Gurira’s heroine Michonne bursts onto the scene as the mysterious zombie slave-keeping sword slayer.

Prior to joining The Walking Dead, she finished production on the independent drama Ma’ George, the story of an African woman’s struggle after arriving in the U.S. to honor her heritage while attempting to define her new marriage in modern terms. Gurira also starred in the multiple-award winning film The Visitor, in which she played a Senegalese immigrant in New York trying to survive while her illegal immigrant boyfriend is detained by the U.S. government. Other film credits include Three Backyards and Restless City. Her television credits include roles on Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Lie to Me and Nurse Jackie as well as a recurring role on the HBO David Simon series Treme.

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