Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
Birthdayoct. 1, 1987
BiographyMichaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British actress, writer and television director. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 television sitcom Chewing Gum (2015–2017), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance; and the BBC One/HBO comedy-drama series I May Destroy You (2020) for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2021. For her work on I May Destroy You, Coel was the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.

Coel is also known for her work in other Netflix productions, including guest-starring in the series Black Mirror (2016–2017), and starring in the series Black Earth Rising (2018) and film Been So Long (2018).

Biography from the Wikipedia article Michaela Coel. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

First Day on Earth
Upcoming

First Day on Earth

as Henri
Black Earth Rising
Ended

Black Earth Rising

as Kate Ashby
Chewing Gum
Ended

Chewing Gum

as Tracey
I May Destroy You
Ended

I May Destroy You

as Arabella Essiuedu
The Aliens
Ended

The Aliens

as Lilyhot

Part of Crew

First Day on Earth
Upcoming

First Day on Earth

as Creator
Chewing Gum
Ended

Chewing Gum

as Creator
I May Destroy You
Ended

I May Destroy You

as Creator

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