Sonequa Martin-Green
Birthdate: Mar 21, 1985
Birthplace: Russellville, Alabama, USA
Sonequa Martin-Green (birthname: Sonequa Chaunté Martin-Green) is best known for her recurring roles as Sasha on AMC’s long-running hit, The Walking Dead (2012-2018), and as Michael on Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024), as well as Courtney on CBS’ fine drama, The Good Wife (2009-2011), but has also appeared in numerous indie and studio movies, starting with the indie Not Quite Right (2005), and including director/co-writer John G. Young’s drama, Rivers Wash Over Me (2009), co-written and produced by Darien Sills-Evans and released by Strand Releasing.
Martin-Green played a supporting role in director/writer/producer Victoria Mahoney’s drama, Yelling to the Sky (2011), starring Zoë Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Shareeka Epps, Tim Blake Nelson, and Gabourey Sidibe, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Martin-Green landed her first major feature film role in director/writer Casimir Nozkowski’s comedy-drama, The Outside Story (2020), co-starring with Brian Tyree Henry, Sunita Mani, and Olivia Edward, which was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Martin-Green landed her first role in a studio-backed animated/live-action movie as a co-star in the long-awaited sequel, Warner Bros.’ Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), co-starring LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Kris Davis, Lil Rey Howery, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza and Zendaya, under Malcolm D. Lee’s direction, and which grossed a disappointing $163.7 million (against $150 million costs).
Martin-Green co-starred in director/co-writer Kyle Hausmann-Stokes’s semi-autobiographical comedy-drama, My Dead Friend Zoe (2024), with Natalie Morales, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris, and was released by Briarcliff Entertainment after it premiered in the South by Southwest Film Festival.
Martin-Green co-starred in director/co-writer/co-producer Cyrus Nowrasteh’s biopic backed by MGM, Sarah’s Oil (2025), based on Tonya Bolden’s 2014 biography of Sarah Rector (the so-called “richest Black girl in America”), co-starring Zachary Levi, Naya Desir-Johnson, Garret Dillahunt and Mel Rodriguez, and which was released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Personal life
Sonequa Martin-Green was born in T, y, and was raised in T, A, by parents Charles and Vera. Martin-Green has one sister, NaKisha, and three half-sisters sisters. Martin graduated from high school as her school’s Salutatorian. Martin-Green then attended and graduated in 2007 from the University of Alabama, where she majored in theater at the university’s School of Theatre and Dance. Martin-Green has been married to actor Kenrick Green since 2010; the couple has two children, Kenrick II and Saraiyah. Martin-Green’s height is 5’ 4 ½ ”. Martin-Green’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
Sonequa Martin-Green Movies
actor
Upcoming (1)
- 2026 |
She Dances
asJamie
A struggling single father tries to reconnect with his distant teenage daughter while chaperoning her at a regional dance competition in the Southeast.
Previous (4)
- 2025 |
Sarah’s Oil
asRose
The remarkable true story of eleven year old Sarah Rector, an African American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who believes there is oil beneath the barren land she's allotted and whose faith is proven right.
- 2025 |
My Dead Friend Zoe
asMerit
Engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran comes head to head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house.
- 2021 |
Space Jam: A New Legacy
asKamiyah James
A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with the Looney Tunes to win a basketball game.
- 2021 |
The Outside Story
An introverted editor living a vertical life in his 2nd-floor apartment, always on deadline and in a rut. When Charles locks himself out of his building, he's forced to go horizontal and confront the world he's been avoiding in search of a way back inside.
Facts About Sonequa Martin-Green
Change of Course: Sonequa Martin-Green changed her focus of study from psychology to acting when she was in the tenth grade.
Ambassador: Martin-Green is an ambassador for the non-profit, Stand Up to Cancer; her family has an unfortunate history with various cancers, including breast and liver cancer.
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