already many of you have actually e-mailed us about michonne.an what we see on screen much she was born in the united states and raised in zimbabwe and wants to bring the dramatic arts to zimbabwe. award winning playwright and founder of -- i believe we have -- do we have her now? apparently the zombies have taken over and we have lost our live picture with danai. i'm going to tell you right now, somebody get a mattress because i'm going to faint on this floor if we do not get this technical -- this has never happened on "news nation." we've lost our connection. okay, danai, are you there? >> i am, how are you? >> i think they did this on purpose. they wanted me to just collapse and die. i don't know. thank goodness. all righty, let me get my c composure. i want to talk about your background, you're an award winning playwright and want to bring dramatic arts, theater to zimbabwe. you were born in the u.s. but your parents at one point decided at a point to move you to zimbabwe. >> yes, i was born in the u.s. my father was a professor and my moth

she plays samurai sword-wielding warrior michonne on amc's "the walking dead."[ cheers and applause ] >> you look so much better than you do on the show. >> thank you. i hope i clean up better. >> jimmy: did i do well pronouncing your name? >> no. >> jimmy: danai gurira? is. >> we're going to work on this right now. danai. gurira. double-r roll. gurrrira. >> very good. >> jimmy: with that said, you should probably think about changing the name. that would make it easier. >> if i was in england, they really clean up your name there. if i was there, i would be dana green. that's it. >> jimmy: where are you from originally. ? >> i'm zimbabwen. >> jimmy: you were born in the united states. >> yes. >> jimmy: where? >> in iowa. >> jimmy: they're pretty much the same place. >> yes, very pair mel. yes didn't even notice the difference. >> jimmy: and you are not just a playwright, but an award winning playwrig playwright. you won an obe, and an et cetera, i see here. it's very unusual, what you're doing. i mean, from one day to the next, that's a lot of what they call ra