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Sonequa Martin-Green is the American actor who portrays Tamara on ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Biography
Sonequa Martin-Green, was born in Russellville, Alabama.[3] She caught the acting bug in a fourth grade play. Throughout childhood, Sonequa continued to perform in school plays but it was her time at Russellville High School that really cemented her future career choice.[4] While aspiring to be a psychiatrist, she learned to love acting during her participation in a play at a nearby festival and got the lead role in the piece 'dentity Crisis by Christopher Durang. In her own words, she realized acting "is what makes my soul happy. How did I think I could do anything else?"[5] She wasted no time and asked a visiting director from out of town how to get started in training to be an actor. He suggested enrolling in a college and earning her actor skills there. Deciding to focus on theatre, Sonequa aimed to enter the University of Alabama.[4]
As a student of the University of Alabama's Theatre and Dance, she frequently appeared in several campus productions and was a regular performer at Alpha Psi Omega's Guerrilla Theatre shows. She graduated in 2007,[3] and two months later, moved to New York.[5]
She is best known for her roles in many popular television shows such as Kanessa Jones on Army Wives. Other roles she has starred in are Courtney Wells on The Good Wife and Sasha on The Walking Dead respectively. She earned the starring role of Michael Burnham on Star Trek: Discovery.
Sonequa met her future husband, southern California native Kendrick Green, while they acted in a play together in Princeton, New Jersey.[4] They currently have one son, who was born in January 2015, named Kenric Justin Green II.[6]
Trivia
- Sonequa's hometown mayor David Grissom dubbed July 27, 2013 "Sonequa Martin-Green Day" to celebrate her accomplishments in the acting business.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Not Quite Right | Coco Delight | Video - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2007 | I-Can-D | VJ | Short film - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2008 | Blind Thoughts | Jenna Lopez | Movie - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2009 | Toe to Toe | Tosha | Movie - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2009 | Rivers Wash Over Me | Shawna King | Movie - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2011 | Yelling to the Sky | Jojo Parker | Movie - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2013 | Shockwave Darkside | Private Lang | Movie - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kiana Richmond | 1 episode - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2009 | Army Wives | Kanessa Jones | 3 episodes - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2009–2011 | The Good Wife | Courtney Wells | 8 episodes - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2011 | Da Brick | Rachel | TV movie - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2011 | Gossip Girl | Joanna | 1 episode - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Michelle Terry | 5 episodes - Credited as "Sonequa Martin" |
| 2012–Present | The Walking Dead | Sasha | Recurring (Season 3) Main (Season 4–7) |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | Tamara | Guest starring |
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time: Season Two | ||||||||||
| "Broken": | "We Are Both": | "Lady of the Lake": | "The Crocodile": | "The Doctor": | "Tallahassee": | "Child of the Moon": | "Into the Deep": | "Queen of Hearts": | "The Cricket Game": | "The Outsider": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "In the Name of the Brother": | "Tiny": | "Manhattan": | "The Queen Is Dead": | "The Miller's Daughter": | "Welcome to Storybrooke": | "Selfless, Brave and True": | "Lacey": | "The Evil Queen": | "Second Star to the Right": | "And Straight On 'Til Morning": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Three | ||||||||||
| "The Heart of the Truest Believer": | "Lost Girl": | "Quite a Common Fairy": | "Nasty Habits": | "Good Form": | "Ariel": | "Dark Hollow": | "Think Lovely Thoughts": | "Save Henry": | "The New Neverland": | "Going Home": |
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "New York City Serenade": | "Witch Hunt": | "The Tower": | "Quiet Minds": | "It's Not Easy Being Green": | "The Jolly Roger": | "Bleeding Through": | "A Curious Thing": | "Kansas": | "Snow Drifts": | "There's No Place Like Home": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| Once Upon a Time: Specials | ||||||||||
| "Magic is Coming": |
"The Price of Magic": | "Journey to Neverland": | "Wicked is Coming": | "Storybrooke Has Frozen Over": | ||||||
| Absent | Archive | Archive | Archive | Absent | ||||||
| "Secrets of Storybrooke": | "Dark Swan Rises": | "Evil Reigns Once More": | "The Final Battle Begins": | |||||||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |||||||
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.
External links
Sonequa Martin-Green on Internet Movie Database- Sonequa Martin-Green on Wikipedia
- @therealsonequa (Sonequa Martin-Green) on Instagram
- @SonequaMG (Sonequa Martin-Green) on X, formerly Twitter
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SonequaMG/status/314854601411141633
- ↑ http://www.yourdailyscoop.com/the-walking-dead-actress-sonequa-martin-green-expecting-a-baby-boy/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/04/ua_alum_sonequa_martin-green_u.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://www.franklincountytimes.com/2013/07/30/family-friends-and-fans-honor-member-of-tvs-biggest-hit/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://zora-alice.com/2010/04/from-alabama-to-sundance-how-sonequa-martin-found-indie-film-part-2/
- ↑ http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/01/15/sonequa-martin-green-welcomes-son-kenric-justin/