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Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel

Born: 1988-10-01 • Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British actress, filmmaker, and poet. 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, Movie, or Dramatic Special at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.

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

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Filmography
Mother Mary poster
Mother Mary
2026 • Sam Anselm
The Christophers poster
The Christophers
2026 • Lori
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Aneka
Been So Long poster
Been So Long
2018 • Simone
Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 • Resistance Monitor
Monsters: Dark Continent poster
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014 • Kelly
National Theatre Live: Medea poster
National Theatre Live: Medea
2014 • Nurse
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams poster
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
2014 • Tracey Gordon
National Theatre Archive: Home poster
National Theatre Archive: Home
2013 • Young Mum / Portugal
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LOFYS
— • Sabine Callas