Michaela Coel

Born: 1988-10-01

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born October 1, 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a Ghanaian-British actress, filmmaker, singer, and composer. 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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as Resistance Monitor
Released: 2017-12-13

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is...

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as Aneka
Released: 2022-11-09

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from...

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Monsters: Dark Continent

as Kelly
Released: 2014-10-09

Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide....

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Been So Long

as Simone
Released: 2018-10-12

A single mother in London's Camden Town hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a...

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Mother Mary

as Sam
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An epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician and her relationship with an iconic fashion...

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National Theatre Live: Medea

as Nurse
Released: 2014-09-04

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne...

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National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams

as Tracey Gordon
Released: 2014-03-20

Meet Tracey Gordon. Friendship, sex, UK garage, school, teachers, periods, emergency...

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National Theatre Live: Home

as Young Mum / Portugal
Released: 2013-08-12

Bullet doesn’t want to call a hostel home. Eritrean Girl was smuggled here in a lorry. Singing...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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Black Mirror

as Airline Stewardess
First aired: 2011-12-04

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...

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Black Mirror

as Shania
First aired: 2011-12-04

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Judge
First aired: 2019-10-03

RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma,...

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Bev
First aired: 2024-02-01

Meet the Smiths: two lonely strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their lives and...

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Black Earth Rising

as Kate Ashby
First aired: 2018-09-10

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and...

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Top Boy

as Kayla
First aired: 2011-10-31

A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest...

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London Spy

as Journalist
First aired: 2015-11-09

A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the...

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I May Destroy You

as Arabella Essiuedu
First aired: 2020-06-07

Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a...

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Chewing Gum

as Tracey Gordon
First aired: 2015-10-06

The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower...

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The Aliens

as Lilyhot
First aired: 2016-03-08

Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in...

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