Sonequa Martin Net Worth

Sonequa Martin's Quotes

• I do have siblings, but I don't have any brothers.
• I do tend to be a leader in situations in my own life.
• Not being secure affects us as humans. It throws us off our balance. It puts us in disarray.
• I have stage combat training from college, which is drastically different than fighting for the screen, but I do enjoy that kind of stuff.
• I was on track to change my name. In college, I was dead set on it. I was going to change it to Sonè or something [laughs]. But my mentor at the time, Seth Panitch, who teaches at UA [the University of Alabama], said, "No! Don't do that. You should keep it. That's you." I said okay and I never thought about it again.

Interesting Facts about Sonequa Martin

1. Attended and graduated from the University of Alabama's Department of Theatre and Dance in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (2007).
2. Mother, with husband Kenric Green, of son Kenric Justin Green II (b. January 10, 2015).
3. Since April 2016, she has been an ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, encouraging clinical traits, having a three-time cancer surviving mother and a sister with breast cancer.
4. She was the salutatorian of her high school.
5. She had initially planned to become a psychologist before deciding to pursue a career as an actress when she was in the tenth grade.
6. Best known for her television roles as Courtney Wells on The Good Wife (2009), and as Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead (2010).
7. She has co-starred with Chandler Riggs on the AMC television series The Walking Dead (2010).
8. She met future husband Kenric Green while doing a play with him in New Jersey.
9. Sonequa and her husband Kenric welcomed their second child a daughter, Saraiyah Chaunté Green (b. July 19, 2020).
10. Pictured as the character Commander Michael Burnham on one of a set of 18 British commemorative postage stamps issued 13 November 2020, celebrating the "Star Trek" television and film franchise. Stamps were issued as 12 individual stamps, honoring captains and crew members; and 6 stamps in a single souvenir sheet, highlighting heroes and villains. All stamps were nondenominated and marked first class (76p on day of issue). Others honored by this set are William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Jason Isaacs, Leonard Nimoy, Marina Sirtis, Alexander Siddig, Dominic Keating, Shazad Latif, Simon Pegg, Tom Hardy, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Alice Eve, and Idris Elba.