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Danai Gurira

1978 - Today

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Danai Jekesai Gurira (; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, and activist. She is known for her starring roles as Michonne in the AMC horror drama franchise The Walking Dead and Okoye in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther and Avengers films. Her films have grossed $6.98 billion dollars, making her the sixth highest-grossing actress of all time. In addition to her work onscreen, Gurira is a playwright and writer of the Tony Award nominated Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was also nominated for a New York Drama Critics Circle Awards and won a Helen Hayes Award, a Drama Desk Award and a NAACP Theatre Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danai Gurira has received more than 10,389,768 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Danai Gurira is the 3,391st most popular actor (down from 2,992nd in 2019), the 5,101st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,682nd in 2019) and the 1,522nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Danai Gurira ranks 3,391 out of 13,578. Before her are Mae Murray, Taryn Power, Valérie Lemercier, Curt Bois, David Patrick Kelly, and Giorgia Moll. After her are Robert Picardo, Theodore Bikel, Bradford Dillman, Dorothea Jordan, Ali Larter, and Billy Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Danai Gurira ranks 59. Before her are Lauren German, Amal Clooney, Gwendoline Christie, Steve Chen, Eiður Guðjohnsen, and Jelena Karleuša. After her are Ayumi Hamasaki, Tyrese Gibson, Tom Ellis, Lee Ji-ah, Yiruma, and Alexandra Maria Lara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danai Gurira ranks 5,101 out of 20,380. Before her are Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Mae Murray (1885), Taryn Power (1953), Jonathan Winters (1925), David Patrick Kelly (1951), and Elmer Rice (1892). After her are Robert Picardo (1953), Andrew Mellon (1855), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Pat Buchanan (1938), Bradford Dillman (1930), and Stephen E. Ambrose (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Danai Gurira ranks 1,522. Before her are Henry Darrow (1933), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Mackenyu (1996), Mae Murray (1885), Taryn Power (1953), and David Patrick Kelly (1951). After her are Robert Picardo (1953), Bradford Dillman (1930), Ali Larter (1976), Billy Burke (1966), Kevin Pollak (1957), and Gregg Henry (1952).

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