About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1988-10-01
Place of birth:
Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Website:
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Michaela Coel

Overview

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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Known for

Acting

2025 The Christophers Actor Lori N/A
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2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Actor N/A
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2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Actor Aneka 69
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2020 I May Destroy You Actor Arabella Essiuedu 72
Good
2018 Been So Long Actor Simone 58
Average
2018 Black Earth Rising Actor Kate Ashby 68
Fair
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Actor Resistance Monitor 67
Fair
2016 The Aliens Actor Lilyhot 65
Fair
2015 Chewing Gum Actor Tracey Gordon 70
Good
2014 Monsters: Dark Continent Actor Kelly 53
Average
2014 National Theatre Live: Medea Actor Nurse 58
Average
2014 National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams Actor Tracey Gordon 58
Average
2013 National Theatre Archive: Home Actor Young Mum / Portugal N/A
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Mother Mary Actor Sam N/A
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First Day on Earth Actor Henri N/A
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Production

2020 I May Destroy You Production Executive Producer 72
Good
First Day on Earth Production Executive Producer N/A
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Sound

2015 Chewing Gum Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good

Crew

2024 Babygirl Crew Thanks 57
Average