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Michaela Coel
Sign in to saveAlso known as Michaela Ewuraba O Collinson, Michaela Collinson, Michaela The Poet, Michaela-Moses Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
British actress and screenwriter
Film & TV
Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born October 1, 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…
Known for
- Mother Mary — Sam Anselm2026
- The Christophers — Lori Butler2026
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Bev2024
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Aneka2022
- I May Destroy You — Arabella Essiuedu2020
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge2019
- Been So Long — Simone2018
- Black Earth Rising — Kate Ashby2018
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Resistance Monitor2017
- The Aliens — Lilyhot2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson , ( 1987-10-01 ) 1 October 1987 (age 38) , London , England
- Alma mater
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Occupations
- Actress, television director, producer, screenwriter
- Years active
- 2013–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michaela
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Aldgate
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- I May Destroy You
- Field of work
- dramaturgy
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Michaela Coel Peabody Awards, June 2021.png
- Residence
- East London
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- social media followers
- 271427
- date of birth
- 1987-01-01
- birth name
- Michaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collinson
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- Commons category
- Michaela Coel
- romantic orientation
- aromanticism
- described at URL
- www.vogue.co.uk/article/michaela-coel-british-vogue-interview
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Encyclopedic overview
Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British actress, writer and television director. She is known for creating and starring in the E4 television 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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
Coel is also known for her work in other Netflix productions, including guest-starring in the series Black Mirror (2016–2017), and starring in the series Black Earth Rising (2018) and film Been So Long (2018).
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