Michaela Coel
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 the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic…
Also Known As
Michaela Ewuraba Collinson · Michaela Boakye-Collinson · Michaela-Moses Boakye-Collinson · Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
Acting (25)
The Making of Mother Mary
Self
Mother Mary
Sam Anselm
The Christophers
Lori Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Bev
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Aneka
I May Destroy You
Arabella Essiuedu
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
Been So Long
Simone
Black Earth Rising
Kate Ashby
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Resistance Monitor
The Aliens
Lilyhot
London Spy
Journalist
Chewing Gum
Tracey Gordon
Monsters: Dark Continent
Kelly
National Theatre Live: Medea
Nurse
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
Tracey Gordon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
National Theatre Live: Home
Young Mum / Portugal
Black Mirror
Airline Stewardess
Black Mirror
Shania
Comedy Blaps
Tracey Gordon
Top Boy
Kayla
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Daily Show
Self
First Day on Earth
Henri
Crew (13)
Proper Ladies
Executive Producer
2026
Babygirl
Thanks
2024I May Destroy You
Executive Producer
2020I May Destroy You
Director
2020I May Destroy You
Writer
2020I May Destroy You
Creator
2020Chewing Gum
Original Music Composer
2015Chewing Gum
Creator
2015National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
Writer
2014
Bloodsport
Director
Bloodsport
Screenplay
First Day on Earth
Executive Producer
First Day on Earth
Creator