Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel

Born 1988-10-01 (age 37) Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
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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

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as Resistance Monitor

Mother Mary
Mother Mary

2026

as Sam Anselm

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Christophers
The Christophers

2026

as Lori Butler

Monsters: Dark Continent
Been So Long
Been So Long

2018

as Simone

National Theatre Live: Medea
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
National Theatre Live: Home
National Theatre Live: Home

2013

as Young Mum / Portugal