Tag: Sonequa

20 JAN

Performer of the Week: Sonequa Martin-Green

THE PERFORMER|Sonequa Martin-Green THE SHOW |Star Trek: Discovery THE EPISODE| “The Wolf Inside” (Jan. 14, 2018) THE PERFORMANCE|Discovery‘s Michael Burnham is a full-blooded human, but she was raised by Vulcans, so we rarely get to see her true feelings come to the surface. This week, though, she was put through the emotional wringer with a […]

29 SEP

Star Trek: Discovery EP on Casting Sonequa Martin-Green: 'We All Breathed a Massive Sigh of Relief'

It took several months and countless auditions for Star Trek: Discovery to find its lead actor… but that never worried executive producer Alex Kurtzman. “I would say, with kind of remarkable and frightening consistency, that every perfect part I’ve ever cast on a show has come at the eleventh hour,” the Fringe and Sleepy Hollow […]

18 SEP

Star Trek's Sonequa Martin-Green Praises Discovery's 'Courageous' Story

With only three weeks left of work on Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery and less time than that until the reboot’s premiere (Sunday, Sept. 24, on both CBS All Access and CBS), “I can honestly say I don’t think I’m nervous anymore,” leading lady Sonequa Martin-Green told TVLine’s Michael Ausiello at the Emmys Sunday. […]

03 APR

Star Trek Lead Sonequa Martin-Green Hints at 'Rawer, Grittier' Discovery

As the lead of Star Trek: Discovery, Sonequa Martin-Green knows that the pressure is on. “There’s definitely a lot of responsibility to being the lead of any show,” she tells TVLine, “and obviously to be the lead of this, [an offshoot of] one of the most popular, if not the most popular, television series of all-time… […]