For those fans of The Walking Dead TV series on AMC, who aren’t readers of the Robert Kirkman comic, you may have found yourselves wondering who is the mysterious Andrea saving, katana wielding, zombie leashing character that appeared toward the end of the season two finale. That, my friends, is one of the more interesting survivors from the comic series: Michonne! I won’t spoil any more than that but we do have some info about the actress cast to play the character in season three, Danai Gurira!
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 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.
Gurira has appeared in various TV shows including Law and Order, Lie to Me, Life on Mars, as well as playing the character of Jill on six episodes of the HBO series Treme.
