Emerging from a transcontinental upbringing-born in Iowa to Zimbabwean parents and raised in Harare-she later returned to the United States to earn a psychology degree at Macalester College and an MFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Gurira gained worldwide recognition portraying Michonne on AMC’s The Walking Dead and Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, contributions that helped…
