Michelle Hurd

Personal context

Summary

Michelle Hurd is an actor known for television roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Blindspot, and Star Trek: Picard. Her work includes authoritative women and characters navigating personal hardship. Hurd has said she deliberately chooses roles that represent women of color in strong, empowering ways, and has advocated for people of color on screen and behind the camera. Her public service includes SAG-AFTRA work on sexual harassment prevention, safer sets, and intimacy coordinator standards, as well as speaking on the representation of black women and girls in media.