Sonequa Martin-Green Biography
Sonequa Chaunté Martin-Green is an actress from the United States. In 2009, Green made her film debut. She is most recognized for her television performances as Michael Burnham, the primary character in Star Trek: Discovery, and Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead.
Sonequa Martin-Green Age
Martin was born on March 21, 1985, in Russellville, Alabama, United States of America. She is 38 years old as of March 2023.
Sonequa Martin-Green Education
Martin-Green graduated from the University of Alabama in 2007 with a degree in theatre.
Sonequa Martin-Green Height
Green stands at a height of 5′ 4″ (1.64 m), tall.
Sonequa Martin-Green Family- Parents
Martin was born in Russellville, Alabama. Charles Winston Martin (1943-2021) and Vera Lynn Martin-Moore (née Freeman; 1950-2021) were her parents. After her parents divorced, her mother remarried. NaKisha is her only full sister, and she has three older paternal half-sisters.
Sonequa Martin-Green Husband
On December 4, 2010, Martin-Green married fellow actor Kenric Green. Martin-Green gave birth to a son named Kenric Justin Green II on January 10, 2015. She gave birth to a girl called Saraiyah Chaunté Green on July 19, 2020.
Sonequa Martin-Green Career
In 2009, Green made her film debut. She starred as Tosha Spinner in Toe to Toe in 2009, opposite Louisa Krause, as the fiercely driven scholarship student seeking to construct a better future outside of Anacostia and away from one of Washington’s poorest areas. The story centers on her relationship and competition with Jessie (Louisa Krause), an affluent Bethesda girl whose promiscuity threatens to be her demise. As society threatens to drive them ever more apart, they each seek to get a greater understanding of one another’s struggle. The film garnered mostly positive reviews, with Martin Green’s performance earning praise even from the film’s naysayers. Martin-Green’s role in the film was announced in November 2018.
Martin-Green has been in a number of TV episodes as a guest or recurring character. She made her television debut as Kiana Richmond on NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2008. The following year, she landed her first recurring role on Army Wives as Kanessa Jones. In 2009, she was cast as Courtney Wells on The Good Wife, her first recurring role as an adult as opposed to a teenager in her previous appearances in both film and television. She stayed on the show for two years before appearing in Gossip Girl and NYC 22 in 2011. She was cast as Sasha in a recurring role on The Walking Dead in 2012.
Her participation as the lead actor of Star Trek: Discovery was first revealed in the trade press in December 2016 and was officially confirmed by CBS All Access in April of the following year (after her Walking Dead character made her final regular appearance). She made her debut as First Officer Michael Burnham in “The Vulcan Hello” on September 24, 2017, and has remained the series’ principal role for the three seasons that will be televised by 2020. Bryan Fuller, the program’s co-creator, defined Martin-Green’s role as a “lieutenant commander with caveats”… “We’ve seen six series from the captain’s point of view,” he noted in early press releases for the show. “To see a character on the starship from a [new] perspective — one with different dynamic relationships.”
Sonequa Martin-Green Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2023.
Sonequa Martin-Green Movies
2021 Invincible
2019–2022 The Ready Room
2017–present Star Trek: Discovery
2017–2018 After Trek
2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2016–2017 New Girl
2016 Lip Sync Battle
2013 Once Upon a Time
2012–2018 The Walking Dead
2012 NYC 22
2011 Gossip Girl
2009–2011 The Good Wife
2009 Army Wives
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent