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Michaela Coel Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1988-10-01

Birthplace:
Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK

Credits:
24 Total Roles

Michaela Coel

Acting

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Biography

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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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Mother Mary MOVIE Sam Anselm
2026 The Christophers MOVIE Lori
2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV Bev
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever MOVIE Aneka
2020 I May Destroy You TV Arabella Essiuedu
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK TV Self - Guest Judge
2018 Been So Long MOVIE Simone
2018 Black Earth Rising TV Kate Ashby
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi MOVIE Resistance Monitor
2016 The Aliens TV Lilyhot

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