Michaela Coel
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
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 firs...
Known For
Filmography
Mother Mary
2026
as Sam Anselm
The Christophers
2026
as Lori Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
as Bev
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Aneka
I May Destroy You
2020
as Arabella Essiuedu
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
Been So Long
2018
as Simone
Black Earth Rising
2018
as Kate Ashby
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Resistance Monitor
The Aliens
2016
as Lilyhot
London Spy
2015
as Journalist
Chewing Gum
2015
as Tracey Gordon
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
2014
as Tracey Gordon
National Theatre Live: Medea
2014
as Nurse
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014
as Kelly
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
National Theatre Live: Home
2013
as Young Mum / Portugal
Top Boy
2011
as Kayla
Black Mirror
2011
as Airline Stewardess
Black Mirror
2011
as Shania
Comedy Blaps
2011
as Tracey Gordon
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self