Danai Gurira isn’t just an actress. She’s also a playwright who has made a name for herself in the theater world.
Danai Gurira is famously known for her role as Michonne in the hit AMC series The Walking Dead and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Black Panther. As she has successfully found her footing in Hollywood, what’s next for the actress and how much net worth does she now own?
The Many Careers of Danai Gurira
According to her Wikipedia page, the 44-year-old started her professional career as a playwright and acting teacher in Liberia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
Her first acting performance was in the production of the Ntozake Shange play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, receiving heaps of praise for her incredible talent.
She debuted in the movie The Visitor in 2007, winning the Method Fest Independent Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Her next projects were Ghost Town, 3 Backyards, My Soul to Take, Restless City, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Life on Mars, Law & Order and Treme.
Come 2012, she joined the long-running series The Walking Dead. She also played the lead role in the drama Mother of George, receiving critical acclaim and winning the Jean-Claude Gahd Dam award.
Her other projects are All Eyez on Me, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Danai Gurira’s Theater Works
Theater-wise, Danai Gurira wrote plays and had been commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Playwrights Horizons and the Royal Court.
She co-wrote and co-starred In the Continuum, winning her an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Helen Hayes Award for Best Lead Actress.
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She made her acting debut on Broadway with August Wilson’s play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. It was followed by The Convert, Familiar and Eclipsed.
For these works, Danai Gurira managed to amass a net worth of $4 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
Danai Gurira’s Return to The Walking Dead World
After her last episode appearance in The Walking Dead in 2020, Danai Gurira would return to the franchise in the yet-to-be-titled spinoff featuring her and Andrew Lincoln.
At the recent 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, she announced, per Entertainment Weekly.
"We are, Mr. Rick Grimes himself and Mr. Scott Gimple in an amazing bolo tie today, got together and have been cooking something up for you all because we missed you and we owe you the conclusion of this story of Rick and Michonne."
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Her co-star, Lincoln, backed her up and said,
"So next year, there's going to be six episodes on AMC+ airing in 2023, so next year there's going to be a lot more to talk about. I personally can't wait to get my cowboys boots back on and get the band back together."
EW confirmed that the upcoming six-episode series would be the first season of a continuing series, not a limited series.
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