Michaela Coel
Known for Acting · 23 credits
- Born
- 1988-10-01 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Michaela Ewuraba Collinson · Michaela Boakye-Collinson · Michaela-Moses Boakye-Collinson · Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson · Михаэла Коэл
Biography
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
TV Shows (14)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Black Mirror
2011
as Airline Stewardess / Shania
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
as Bev
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
Black Earth Rising
2018
as Kate Ashby
I May Destroy You
2020
as Arabella Essiuedu
Top Boy
2011
as Kayla
London Spy
2015
as Journalist
Comedy Blaps
2011
as Tracey Gordon
Chewing Gum
2015
as Tracey Gordon
The Aliens
2016
as Lilyhot
First Day on Earth
as Henri
Movies (9)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Resistance Monitor
Mother Mary
2026
as Sam Anselm
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Aneka
The Christophers
2026
as Lori Butler
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014
as Kelly
Been So Long
2018
as Simone
National Theatre Live: Medea
2014
as Nurse
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
2014
as Tracey Gordon
National Theatre Live: Home
2013
as Young Mum / Portugal
About Michaela Coel
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… With 23 credits spanning from 1996 to 2026, Michaela Coel has appeared in 9 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michaela Coel Movies
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) — as Resistance Monitor
- Mother Mary (2026) — as Sam Anselm
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — as Aneka
- The Christophers (2026) — as Lori Butler
- Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) — as Kelly
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