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Danai Gurira: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Danai Jekesai Gurira
Born February 14, 1978 (age 48) • Grinnell • Iowa
Notable Works “Eclipsed”

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Danai Gurira poses holding her Screen Actors Guild Award trophy, wearing a white feathered dress, at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther walks forward flanked by Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira in costume, with a futuristic ship and cityscape behind them in Black Panther (2018).
Danai Gurira, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan stand in superhero costumes at the front of a group in a grassy field in Avengers: Infinity War.
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