Michaela Coel
Acting
Born: 1988-10-01 · Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
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 wom
🎬 Movies (9)
Mother Mary
2026
Sam Anselm
The Christophers
2026
Lori Butler
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Aneka
Been So Long
2018
Simone
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
Resistance Monitor
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014
Kelly
National Theatre Live: Medea
2014
Nurse
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
2014
Tracey Gordon
National Theatre Live: Home
2013
Young Mum / Portugal
📺 TV Shows (14)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
Bev
I May Destroy You
2020
Arabella Essiuedu
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
Self - Guest Judge
Black Earth Rising
2018
Kate Ashby
The Aliens
2016
Lilyhot
London Spy
2015
Journalist
Chewing Gum
2015
Tracey Gordon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
Black Mirror
2011
Airline Stewardess
Black Mirror
2011
Shania
Comedy Blaps
2011
Tracey Gordon
Top Boy
2011
Kayla
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Self
The Daily Show
1996
Self