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23.04.2022 - 18:47 / usmagazine.com
To boldly go where no one has gone before! Sonequa Martin-Green may be best known for her starring role on Star Trek: Discovery and for portraying Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead, but there is much more to the actress than fans can gather from her onscreen personas.
The Alabama native, 37, got her start in the 2000s, securing recurring roles on both Army Wives and The Good Wife in 2009. She played Courteney Wells on the CBS drama until 2011, after which she scored her first major role as a zombie outbreak survivor on TWD in 2012.
The actress — who has portrayed Michael Burnham on Discovery since 2020 — went on to win recurring parts on Once Upon a Time and on New Girl before hitting it big with the newest Star Trek series.
Martin-Green caught up with Us in April and revealed 25 things even her biggest fans might not know — including her ‘90s celebrity crush and which star she admittedly got “flustered” around.
Scroll down for more exclusive facts about the TV star:
1. My first job was at Domino’s Pizza when I was 16.
2. The best meal I make is every single breakfast food. I can really throw down at breakfast.
3. My favorite book right now is Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman.
4. I love when my kids give me a present because they were moved by a desire to please me and then took the time to make it happen. It’s just the sweetest thing!
5. Sometimes, getting my kids to eat healthy foods is hard, I’m not gonna lie.
6. I have a dream of starting a foundation for at-risk youth.
7. Ginuwine was my celeb crush growing up!
8. My first car was a 1985 white Toyota Camry.
9. My favorite thing to play with the kids is Legos. We have some pretty out-of-the-box fun with them.
10. I try to make toothbrushing time fun for my son, Kenric.
SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened during the finale of American Song Contest!
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