#262: Michelle Hurd - Run Your Own Race

Michelle Hurd is an actor who recently starred as
‘Raffi’ opposite Patrick Stewart for three seasons on the
Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard. Receiving universal
acclaim from critics and fans alike. On the feature
side, Michelle starred alongside Sydney Sweeney
and Glenn Powell in the global smash Anyone But
You.


On television, Michelle recently completed production
on the fifth and final season of You for Netflix. Other
television credits include “Shepherd" on NBC’s hit
drama Blindspot, Lethal Weapon, Ash Vs. Evil
Dead, the Marvel Universe
series Daredevil and Jessica Jones (“DA
Samantha Reyes”), and the A&E summer series, The
Glades ("Colleen Manus”). Other television credits
include: Walking Dead: Dead City, Pose, Hawaii
Five-0, Devious Maids, 90210, Witches of East End, How To Get
Away With Murder, Bosch, Mysteries of Laura, Pretty Little Liars,
Raising Hope, The Good Wife, Law & Order:
SVU ("Det. Jeffries"), Gossip Girl, ER, Bones,
According To Jim, Law & Order, Smith, Skin, Leap Years,
Charmed, The O.C., Kevin Hill, The
Practice and Another World. Whew! 


Film credits include the upcoming The Designer, 25
Miles To Normal, Where The Wind Blows, The Plus
One opposite Cedric The
Entertainer, Kemba, Somewhere In Montana,
Inheritance, Bad Hair, Being Frank opposite Jim
Gaffigan, Be Afraid, We Don't Belong
Here (alongside Catherine Keener and Maya
Rudolph), Search Engines, Within The Dark, Girl Most
Likely (with Kristen Wiig), Random Hearts, Personals,
Double Parked, Wolf and King of New York. 


Theater credits include: The Dog in the Manger (Shakespeare
Theatre Company), AMI (MCC), Getting Away with Murder (Broadway),
The Violet Hour (Off-Broadway), Looking for the Pony
(Off-Broadway), and 900 Oneonta (Off-Broadway).


Michelle recently stepped down from SAG-AFTRA’s National
Vice President of Los Angeles and is currently the Chair of the
SAG-AFTRA Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee. For her
commitment to union work, Michelle received the
SAG-AFTRA President’s Award for Union Service in 2021.


We chat about having dyslexia, being immersed in the Star Trek
world, working in the business for 30+ years, SAG- AFTRA,
martial arts, joy of K-pop, being your own champion, rejection,
authenticity and uniqueness, plus plenty more!





The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan

Check Michelle out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmichellehurd/

Twitter / X: https://x.com/ItsMichelleHurd

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.hurd.904/




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