Michaela Coel
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Oct 1, 1988 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michaela Coel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 2026 | Mother MarySam Anselm | |
| 2026 | The ChristophersLori Butler | |
| 2024 | Mr. & Mrs. SmithBev | |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverAneka | |
| 2020 | I May Destroy YouArabella Essiuedu | |
| 2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race UKSelf - Guest Judge | |
| 2018 | Been So LongSimone | |
| 2018 | Black Earth RisingKate Ashby | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last JediResistance Monitor | |
| 2016 | The AliensLilyhot | |
| 2015 | London SpyJournalist | |
| 2015 | Chewing GumTracey Gordon | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum DreamsTracey Gordon | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: MedeaNurse | |
| 2014 | Monsters: Dark ContinentKelly | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest | |
| 2013 | National Theatre Archive: HomeYoung Mum / Portugal | |
| 2011 | Top BoyKayla | |
| 2011 | Black MirrorAirline Stewardess | |
| 2011 | Black MirrorShania | |
| 2011 | Comedy BlapsTracey Gordon | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| - | First Day on EarthHenri |
| 2026 | Proper LadiesExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | I May Destroy YouExecutive Producer | |
| - | First Day on EarthExecutive Producer |
| 2020 | I May Destroy YouDirector | |
| - | BloodsportDirector |
| 2020 | I May Destroy YouWriter | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum DreamsWriter | |
| - | BloodsportScreenplay |
| 2024 | BabygirlThanks |














