Michaela Coel
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
Credits
- 2024 ·Mr. & Mrs. Smithas Bev
- 2022 ·Black Panther: Wakanda Foreveras Aneka
- 2020 ·I May Destroy Youas Arabella Essiuedu
- 2019 ·RuPaul's Drag Race UKas Self - Guest Judge
- 2018 ·Been So Longas Simone
- 2018 ·Black Earth Risingas Kate Ashby
- 2017 ·Star Wars: The Last Jedias Resistance Monitor
- 2016 ·The Aliensas Lilyhot
- 2015 ·London Spyas Journalist
- 2015 ·Chewing Gumas Tracey Gordon
- 2014 ·Monsters: Dark Continentas Kelly
- 2014 ·National Theatre Live: Medeaas Nurse
- 2014 ·National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreamsas Tracey Gordon
- 2014 ·The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas Self - Guest
- 2013 ·National Theatre Archive: Homeas Young Mum / Portugal
- 2011 ·Black Mirroras Airline Stewardess
- 2011 ·Black Mirroras Shania
- 2011 ·Top Boyas Kayla
- 2007 ·The Graham Norton Showas Self
- 1996 ·The Daily Showas Self
- Future ·Mother Maryas Sam
- Future ·The Christophersas
- Future ·First Day on Earthas Henri