Actress, poet, film director, film producer, screenwriter, singer
Years active
2013–present
Awards
Full list
Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-CollinsonFRSL (born 1 October 1987),[1] 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.[2]
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).
^Gould, Gaylene (25 August 2020). "Interviews: The misfit-education of Michaela Coel". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Born Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson in 1987....; Coel's born-and-bred East London swagger....
^Zornosa, Laura (20 September 2021). "Michaela Coel wins best writing in a limited series for 'I May Destroy You.'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as MichaelaCoel, is a British actress, filmmaker and poet. She is...
executive produced by MichaelaCoel for BBC One and HBO. The series is set in London with a predominantly Black British cast. Coel stars as Arabella, a...
Smith for Amazon Prime Video, joining Donald Glover, Maya Erskine, MichaelaCoel and John Turturro. In September 2022, it was announced that Dano would...
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he met and worked with MichaelaCoel. He lost his mother to breast cancer while at drama school. Essiedu...
Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever. MichaelaCoel as Kate Ashby, a 28-year-old, Rwandan-born British legal investigator...
Michaela Bercu (born 1967), Romanian-Israeli model MichaelaCoel (born 1987), British actress, screenwriter, director, producer and singer Michaela Conlin...
English accent by watching and listening to British actresses such as MichaelaCoel. Wilde made her feature film debut in the supernatural horror film Talk...
Notable alumni of the school include Sir Bryn Terfel, Sir James Galway, MichaelaCoel, Daniel Craig and Sir George Martin. The Guildhall School of Music first...
UK-based creators alongside others including screenwriter and actor MichaelaCoel, artist Grayson Perry, film maker Jenn Nkiru, animation studio Aardman...
crewmates, strangling a subservient Walton. After employee Shania Lowry (MichaelaCoel) warns Nanette to beware of Daly, he takes a discarded coffee cup of...
2022. Blair, Olivia (22 January 2021). "Lydia West On 'It's A Sin', MichaelaCoel Knowing Her Name And The 'Sex And The City' Reboot". Elle. Retrieved...
from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020. "MichaelaCoel On London and Love in Netflix Musical 'Been So Long'". 15 November 2018...
Destroy You for the episodes "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes" and "Ego Death" (with MichaelaCoel). The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) (TV) .... Air Reconnaissance...
awards at the ceremony was I May Destroy You, with star and creator MichaelaCoel collecting both Best Miniseries and Best Actress. In October 2020, the...
dance music producer Potè, Obongjayar, and actress and screenwriter MichaelaCoel. Coel recites a poem written by Radical that serves as a central narration...
guest appearances from Jamaican musician Stylo G and English actress MichaelaCoel. The song, Stormzy's longest at the time, was written by him and producer...
including Hugh Grant, Michael Sheen, Kris Marshall, Richard Ayoade, MichaelaCoel, Kelly Macdonald, and Lenny Henry. Davies' return also led to speculation...
Sarah; Lucy Knight (12 July 2022). "Adjoa Andoh, Russell T Davies and MichaelaCoel elected to Royal Society of Literature". The Guardian. Creamer, Ella...
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