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Danai Gurira parents: Meet Roger Gurira, Josephine Gurira

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Danai Gurira is an American-Zimbabwean actress and playwright. She has been acting since 2004 and has starred in several movies and TV shows.

She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War (both in 2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).

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She is the daughter of Roger Gurira and his wife, Josephine Gurira. In this article, we will dive into their personal life to know who they are. Continue reading to know more about Danai’s parents.

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Danai Gurira parents: Meet Roger Gurira, Josephine Gurira

Roger Gurira and his wife, Josephine Gurira are celebrity parents who happen to be the parents of actress Danai Gurira.

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Roger is the father of the actress. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Chemistry at Grinnell College.

Josephine on the other hand is the mother of the actress. She is a librarian at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville

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The couple is the parents of four children. three daughters including the actress and a son. They moved from Southern Rhodesia, which is now Zimbabwe, to the United States in 1964.

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