Michelle Mitchenor

Michelle Mitchenor is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Detective Sonya Bailey on the Fox action comedy-drama series, Lethal Weapon (2016–2019). Quotes I don’t know if I should say this on the record – not necessarily [laughs]. However, what’s so great about our show is, we always have people on set who are coaching us through what LAPD officers do, and what a lot of the acronyms mean, and all of that, so when I got hired, I pretty much had to jump into it the next day. So I spent my time studying, “Okay, well, let me watch this pilot that they just gave me and try to understand who I’m about to be working with,” and all of that. But any type of police terminology, or anything I need to know, they always have people on set with us to make sure that we’re good. No. This is my first time having to do that. As Detective Bailey, I do a lot of the exposition, so I’m putting together all the clues for the crimes, and I have to spit it out, but still be cool and edgy and fun. It’s been fun, though. Yes. They absolutely do show us, but I also started studying privately doing stunt work, because I’m on this cop show, just in case they wanted me to hop in there. And luckily, I did that, because [Bailey got into the physical action]. Oh, my God. Can we just say on the record I would love it if Danny Glover was my dad or something, or maybe he’s Murtaugh’s dad. I would just love it if he was in just one episode. I think it would be great. And seeing the fact that we’ve taken the show and we’ve made it our own, and I don’t think that we disrupted the legacy that the movies already created, it would be amazing if they came onto the show. LETHAL WEAPON: Michelle Mitchenor chats Season 3 – Exclusive Interview;By ABBIE BERNSTEIN on November 5th, 2018 I started as a dancer in high school and college. My background is in modern, jazz, ballet although I started with tap. Concert dancing was my foundation. Eventually, I went to dance for artists doing background dancing. I have toured as a background singer as well. But acting is my ultimate passion. I want to be my own version of Debbie Allen from Fame. She's a dancer, an actor, singer, philanthropist and director. I think it's very much empowering to women to reiterate the power we carry. A lot of wars have been over women. In this day and age with women in the public eye it's all about being sexy and looking good. But what happens when you really use that to get your way? Like this is what I'm not going to do, and you're going to have to look at all this goodness and you can't have any of it until you act right. Imagine if more women really started to do that. As of recently there are some women in Chicago who have been inspired by that and started to do that. They want to start their own sex strike. And there's a woman from Liberia who ended the second Liberian war by organizing a sex strike. When you see the film it will clear all of that up. It's a way to reclaim that power and save the babies. I actually did pick it out but I'm not showing anyone because it's my own little secret. But I'm excited for this to be my introduction to the Hollywood world. It's very much an important moment for me and I'm hoping it'll open more doors. I didn't know the extent of my role until I got it. I'm so very grateful for my background with going to a performing high school majoring in dance in college and my experiences because it equipped me for moments like this, this is what I truly believe I was born to do--everything entertainment-related. It's another level to my career. I'm auditioning for some things and getting some feedback from producers who are liking what I'm doing. I'd like to just manifest it and speak it, before the year is out I am praying for a booking of another film or TV series. I want to be booked before it even starts and I want to keep going down this road. I've got some things in the works. Interview with Michelle Mitchenor in her Breakout Role as Indigo in the Controversial New Film Chi-Raq;By Kim Campbell on Nov 24 2015 External links Category:Actresses from New Jersey Category:Living people Category:1988 births Category:Women born in the 1980s Category:African Americans