Michaela Coel
Michaela Coel
Biography
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, 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).
Known For
Actor
as Sam
as Henri
as Bev
as Aneka
as Arabella Essiuedu
as Self - Judge
as Simone
as Kate Ashby
as Resistance Monitor
as Lilyhot
as Journalist
as Tracey Gordon
as Kelly
as Nurse
as Tracey Gordon
as Self - Guest
as Young Mum / Portugal
as Airline Stewardess
as Shania
as Kayla
as Self
as Self
Creator
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Sound
as Original Music Composer
Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer