Martin-Green imagined how her character connected to a deeper part of herself on one of those trips. "I don't have to live by an institution's standards, and I start to get really comfortable with that, and I fall in love with that."īurnham then finds herself visiting many planets to deliver and receive goods. In her time alone, she realizes she can express herself in whatever way she feels comfortable. She details that at the beginning of the third season of Star Trek: Discovery, Burnham is left stranded and isolated from her crew. "How is this happening? There was a moment where I asked myself about the authenticity of this." "I thank you for asking this question, I've never been asked that before, but it's definitely something that I have to think about," she says. Sonequa Martin-Green, about her character Michael Burnham in "Star Trek: Discovery" I don't have to live by an institution's standards, and I start to get really comfortable with that, and I fall in love with that. Burnham wears a variety of styles: first starting out with short straight hair, then a short natural hair style, and finally, long braids. The character expresses herself through emotions, vulnerability, and also her hair. Michael Burnham might have grown up on Vulcan, but her humanity sets her apart from Vulcans. She says of the role, "I was so appreciative of being the first Black woman to helm the franchise and also knowing it was a journey to the captain's seat, knowing it was a big deal being able to see someone slip, and trip, and fall forward, and actually earn their position there." Who Braids Hair in Space? Martin-Green is the first Black woman to lead a live-action Star Trek series. The story follows Burnham through her journey from Starfleet officer to captain, with plenty of obstacles along the way. Since Star Trek: Discovery premiered in 2017, Martin-Green has played its main character, Michael Burnham, a human raised on the planet Vulcan. Sonequa Martin-Green, who stars in Star Trek: Discovery, and who appears in the new Space Jam: A New Legacy as LeBron James' wife, Kamiyah, knows this all too well. When it comes to building a fantasy world, sometimes it can be the little details that count the most. Sonequa Martin-Green attends the premiere of Warner Bros Space Jam: A New Legacy at Regal LA Live on Jin Los Angeles, California.
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