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Michaela Coel
Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
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…
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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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michaela Coel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Mother Mary
Movie Sam Anselm
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2026
Proper Ladies
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
The Christophers
Movie Lori Butler
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2024
Babygirl
Movie Thanks
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2024
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
TV show Bev
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2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Movie Aneka
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2020
I May Destroy You
TV show Arabella Essiuedu
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2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2018
Been So Long
Movie Simone
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2018
Black Earth Rising
TV show Kate Ashby
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2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie Resistance Monitor
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2016
The Aliens
TV show Lilyhot
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2015
London Spy
TV show Journalist
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2015
Chewing Gum
TV show Tracey Gordon
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2014
Monsters: Dark Continent
Movie Kelly
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2014
National Theatre Live: Medea
Movie Nurse
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2014
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
Movie Tracey Gordon
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2013
National Theatre Live: Home
Movie Young Mum / Portugal
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2011
Black Mirror
TV show Airline Stewardess
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2011
Comedy Blaps
TV show Tracey Gordon
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2011
Top Boy
TV show Kayla
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
TV show Self
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1996
The Daily Show
TV show Self
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First Day on Earth
TV show Henri
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Bloodsport
Movie Director
