Michaela Coel
Michaela Coel
Person

Michaela Coel

Actor 1988-10-01 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 Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2021. For her work on I May Destroy You, Coel was the first Black woman to win...

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 · Resistance Monitor

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022 · Aneka

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

2011 · Airline Stewardess

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2024 · Bev

Monsters: Dark Continent

Monsters: Dark Continent

2014 · Kelly

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Self

I May Destroy You

I May Destroy You

2020 · Arabella Essiuedu

Mother Mary

Mother Mary

2026 · Sam Anselm

Top Boy

Top Boy

2011 · Kayla

London Spy

London Spy

2015 · Journalist

Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

2015 · Tracey Gordon

The Christophers

The Christophers

2026 · Lori Butler

Black Earth Rising

Black Earth Rising

2018 · Kate Ashby

Been So Long

Been So Long

2018 · Simone

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019 · Self - Guest Judge

The Aliens

The Aliens

2016 · Lilyhot

National Theatre Live: Medea

National Theatre Live: Medea

2014 · Nurse