Sonequa Chaunté Martin-Green is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Michael Burnham, the main character in the streaming television series Star Trek: Discovery, and as Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead. Before that, Martin-Green starred in several independent films before gaining her first recurring role, as Courtney Wells on The Good Wife. Later, she had recurring roles as Tamara in Once Upon a Time and Rhonda in New Girl.
Sonequa Martin was born and raised in Russellville, Alabama. Her parents were Charles Winston Martin (1943–2021) and Vera Lynn Martin-Moore (née Freeman; 1950–2021). Her parents divorced and her mother remarried. In April of 2021, her parents died one day apart. Her father passed away after a short cancer battle. Her mother, a three-time cancer survivor, died of a heart attack the next day.
Martin-Green has one full sister, NaKisha, and three older paternal half-sisters.
Martin-Green initially planned to become a psychologist before deciding in the tenth grade to pursue a career in acting. On her decision to become an actor, she said, "I didn't know I was going to be an actor until I was 16. I thought I was going to be a psychologist, which is interesting because it's very similar to acting. I was fascinated with human behavior and why people do what they do. I was in the middle of rehearsal in 10th grade when I had this epiphany. And so I got my theatre degree from the University of Alabama."
Martin-Green graduated from the University of Alabama in 2007 with a degree in theatre.
| Date of Birth | 21st March 1985 |
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| Age | 39 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Russellville |
| Birth Place | Russellville |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Spouses | Kenric Green |
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| Education |
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| University of Alabama |
| Occupation | actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor, screenwriter, executive producer |
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