Michaela Coel

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Michaela Coel

October 1, 1988

Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born October 1, 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a Ghanaian-British actress, filmmaker, singer, and composer. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 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 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Mov...

Filmography

Chewing Gum
12 Episode s . as Tracey Gordon
Chewing Gum
12 Episode s . as Tracey Gordon
Black Earth Rising
8 Episode s . as Kate Ashby
Black Earth Rising
8 Episode s . as Kate Ashby
I May Destroy You
12 Episode s . as Arabella Essiuedu
I May Destroy You
12 Episode s . as Arabella Essiuedu
First Day on Earth
First Day on Earth
The Aliens
6 Episode s . as Lilyhot
The Aliens
6 Episode s . as Lilyhot
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
8 Episode s . as Bev
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
8 Episode s . as Bev

Created Shows

Chewing Gum
12 Episode s . The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!
Chewing Gum
12 Episode s . The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!
I May Destroy You
12 Episode s . Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must question and rebuild every element of her life.
I May Destroy You
12 Episode s . Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must question and rebuild every element of her life.
First Day on Earth
First Day on Earth

Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

Black Earth Rising

Black Earth Rising

I May Destroy You

I May Destroy You

First Day on Earth

First Day on Earth

The Aliens

The Aliens

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

I May Destroy You

I May Destroy You

First Day on Earth

First Day on Earth