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Michaela Coel

British actress and screenwriter · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1987 · age 39

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British actress, writer and television director.

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A life in dates

2026Mother MaryFilm, Sam AnselmProper LadiesFilm, 2026ProducerThe ChristophersFilm, 2026Lori Butler2024Mr. & Mrs. SmithSeries, Bev2022“I think the biggest fight against love right now, is against queer love and I am an advocate and supporter of that love.”In their words19 December 2022Storytelling Can Change The World & Other Things I Learned Interviewing Michaela Coel 19 December 2022

Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAwardJane Fonda Humanitarian AwardAwardBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverFilm, 2022Aneka2021“My definition of success is being around someone who loves you, who you love”In their words5 September 2021Michaela Coel: ‘Sometimes pain is something to be grateful for’ 5 September 2021

2020“Perhaps there's a strange privilege being me in America that is denied to people who are African American”In their words22 July 2020I May Destroy You' Let Michaela Coel Explore Dangerous Areas In A Safe Place 22 July 2020

I May Destroy YouSeries, 2020Director, Writer2019RuPaul's Drag Race UKSeries2018Black Earth RisingSeries, Kate AshbyBeen So LongFilm, 2018Simone2017OkayAfrica 100 WomenAwardStar Wars: The Last JediFilm, 2017Resistance Monitor2016“I would like to walk on the earth that my mum grew up on”In their words6 December 2016Stylist speaks to Chewing Gum's Michaela Coel: on speaking her mind, sex clubs and upsetting the status quo 6 December 2016

“We have a moral obligation to hold a mirror to the people watching the shows”In their words1 May 2016Michaela Coel: ‘People think I am fearless’ 1 May 2016

British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy PerformanceAwardThe AliensSeries, 2016Lilyhot2015Chewing GumSeries, Creator2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeriesMonsters: Dark ContinentFilm, 2014KellyNational Theatre Live: Chewing Gum DreamsFilm, 2014WriterNational Theatre Live: MedeaFilm, 2014Nurse2013National Theatre Live: HomeFilm, Young Mum / Portugal2011Black MirrorSeries, Airline Stewardess2007The Graham Norton ShowSeries1996The Daily ShowSeries1987Born1 October 1987

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  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022
  • The Christophers 2026
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017
  • Mother Mary 2026
  • Been So Long 2018

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 11

37 credits on file

Television 14

Media & music

Photos 1

In their own words 5

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Michaela Coel
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5 statements, newest first

  1. Sometimes looking out is almost an escape from looking in

    , Own words

  2. Write the tales that scare you, that make you feel uncertain, that aren't comfortable. I dare you

    , Own words

  3. If you can stand there and say that you don't think racism exists, you are a very traumatized person and your trauma has made you blind to what is going on right in front of you

    , Own words

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Awards

Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award2022
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2022
OkayAfrica 100 Women2017
British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance2016

About this person

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.

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United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
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Born 1987 · age 39

In the same film or series as Michaela

George MacKayAlso in Been So Long (2018)Helen McCroryAlso in National Theatre Live: Medea (2014)Letitia WrightAlso in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)Kyle SollerAlso in Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)Antonia ThomasAlso in National Theatre Live: Home (2013)