Black Mirror
2011
Search results
Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born 1 October 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 ...
Michaela Coel. Actress: Chewing Gum. Michaela was born on October 1st 1987 as Michaela Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents and brought up in Tower Hamlets by her mother, a devout member of the Pentecostal church who instilled her religion into Michaela and her sister - something that she would later draw on for her play 'Chewing Gum Dreams.
Jul 12, 2020 · Born Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson to Ghanian parents, Coel changed her name at 23. Hers was one of only a handful of black families on the council estate she grew up on, bang on the border of ...
Sep 19, 2021 · Michaela Coel wins best writing in a limited series for ‘I May Destroy You.’ It was Coel’s first Emmy Award and she is the first Black woman to win in the category. Share full article
Jul 10, 2020 · Michaela Coel was recently out for a jog when she spotted a young woman riding a bike in front of her. It’s a standard sight, as things you might see on a run go, yet there was an abnormality ...
Michaela Coel British screenwriter, actress, and producer who gained acclaim for the award-winning television series Chewing Gum (2015–17) and I May Destroy You (2020), both of which she wrote, starred in, and produced. For the latter she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy Award for
May 5, 2021 · Michaela Coel is one of six creative leaders in comedy honored for Variety‘s 2021 Power of Women. For more, click here. If viewers think they know Michaela Coel personally after watching “ I ...
