Sonequa Martin-Green.Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Variety/REX/Shutterstock
Sonequa Martin-Greenis embracing her worth.
The actress portraysStar Trek: Discovery’s Michael Burnham, the first Black female captain in the long-running franchise, and recently spoke with PEOPLE about how the groundbreaking role has changed her.
Reflecting, Martin-Green shared that playing the protagonist has helped her realize and accept a new level of “worth.”
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Still, Martin-Green doesn’t plan on stopping — and said there’s room for even more personal evolution, telling PEOPLE, “It has meant a great deal to stand in this position and to have, in a way, grown to fit the position. And I’m still growing to fit it.”
She explained, “It’s like on one hand I understand that I don’t need to do that, but then at the same time it’s like that position is greater than me, so I’ll just always be growing into it.”
The Walking Deadalum became emotional at the idea ofbeing able to showher 9-year-old son, Kenric Justin III, the CBS series one day, giving him a chance to see her star as a Black lead.
“He hasn’t seen it yet,” said Martin-Green, who shares Kenric III and 3-year-old daughter Saraiyah Chaunté with husband Kenric Green, 41. She added that she’s “excited” for the moment Kenric III and Saraiyah — who wasn’t born yet when Martin-Green began playing Captain Burnham — are ready to tune in to the series.
source: people.com
