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), and as Jayla Wright in the BET+ comedy-drama series, First Wives Club (2021–2022).

Early life
Mitchenor was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. She attended Ocean County Performing Arts Academy High School in New Jersey to study dancing and acting. Mitchenor attended Towson University, where she graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts for dancing. She later went to Juilliard School and began appearing in web-series.

Career
In 2015, Mitchenor made her big screen debut appearing in the Spike Lee’s musical-drama film, Chi-Raq. The following year, Mitchenor was cast as the regular role as Detective Sonya Bailey in the Fox action comedy-drama series, Lethal Weapon. The series was canceled in 2019. Later in 2019 she went to star in BET Her thriller film, Fanatic, and co-starred in the romantic comedy film, Always a Bridesmaid. In 2021, she was cast in the BET+ comedy-drama series, First Wives Club. In 2023, Mitchenor played Tonesa Welch in the biographical crime drama film, First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story.

Personal life
In 2018, Mitchenor married fellow actor, Mustafa Speaks.