who plays michael burnham on star trek discovery
Michael Burnham Michael Burnham is a fictional character on Star Trek: Discovery portrayed by American actress Sonequa Martin-Green.[1] She originally appears as the First Officer of the USS Shenzhou under Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) until she commits mutiny and is stripped of rank. Burnham is later recruited by Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) on the USS Discovery as a science specialist after serving only six months of her life sentence, with Lorca viewing Burnham as an asset in the war against the Klingons. She serves as the series lead. The character is introduced as an anthropologist helping the Earth-based Starfleet understand and engage with new cultures in outer space.