SONEQUA MARTINGREEN A SCI-FI STAR GETS REAL

THE WALKING DEAD AND STAR TREK ACTRESS TACKLES HER MOST AMBITIOUS ROLE YET-AN ARMY VET WITH PTSD IN MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE

- By LIZZIE HYMAN

"We were able to create some beautiful things," says Martin-Green (with Ed Harris and Natalie Morales in My Dead Friend Zoe).

For Sonequa Martin-Green, turning 40 this March feels like a gift. “One of my favorite things about life is getting older,” she says. “I feel like I’m continuing to purify myself, shedding layers. It’s like, ‘Here I come!’”

LIFE AFTER WAR "We were able to create some beautiful things," says Martin-Green (with Ed Harris and Natalie Morales in My Dead Friend Zoe).

It’s safe to say she’s already arrived. The Alabama native was just a few years out of college with a theater degree when, in 2012, she landed a role of the blockbuster, tenacious Sasha Williams on the zombie thriller The Walking Dead. After Sasha met a grisly fate, Martin-Green landed another hit series,