Name	Danai Gurira
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Naionality	ZImbabwe
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Place of Birth	Grinnell, Iowa, USA
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Danai Gurira (Zainab) was born in the United States and raised in Zimbabwe. She received her M.F.A. in acting from New York University, where she appeared as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" and Ruby in "King Hedley II." She is a recipient of a 2006 OBIE Award and a 2006 John Gassner Outer Critics Award and has been honored by the Theatre Hall of Fame. In 2007, Gurira won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress in a Play for "In the Continuum," which she co-wrote. Her television credits include "Law and Order: Criminal Intent." She also appeared in film "Ghost Town.