Michaela Coel
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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22Credits10 TV · 12 films
2011–2026Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedNational Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
6.6 Average ratingacross 18 titles
Top TV shows 10best Michaela Coel shows
- 1
Black MirrorAirline Stewardess · 1 ep · 2011 - 2
Top BoyKayla · 2 eps · 2011 - 3
I May Destroy YouArabella Essiuedu · 12 eps · 2020 - 4
Chewing GumTracey Gordon · 12 eps · 2015 - 5
London SpyJournalist · 1 ep · 2015 - 6
Mr. & Mrs. SmithBev · 1 ep · 2024 - 7
Black Earth RisingKate Ashby · 8 eps · 2018 - 8
The AliensLilyhot · 6 eps · 2016 - 9First Day on EarthHenri
- 10Comedy BlapsTracey Gordon · 2 eps · 2011
Top movies 12best Michaela Coel movies
- 1
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum DreamsTracey Gordon · 2014 - 2
National Theatre Live: MedeaNurse · 2014 - 3
Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverAneka · 2022 - 4
The ChristophersLori Butler · 2026 - 5
Star Wars: The Last JediResistance Monitor · 2017 - 6
BabygirlThanks · 2024 - 7
Mother MarySam Anselm · 2026 - 8
Been So LongSimone · 2018 - 9
Monsters: Dark ContinentKelly · 2014 - 10
Proper LadiesExecutive Producer · 2026 - 11
National Theatre Live: HomeYoung Mum / Portugal · 2013 - 12
BloodsportDirector · Screenplay
