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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.
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.
Sep 19, 2021 · Feb. 3, 2021. Coel’s victory at the Emmys comes months after “I May Destroy You” was shut out of the 2021 Golden Globe nominations, igniting a fierce backlash further fueled by a Times...
Sep 5, 2021 · Sun 5 Sep 2021 02.00 EDT. M ichaela Coel has one enormous eye, looming at me like a cyclops. She’s deliberately pushing different parts of her face at her laptop camera – “Boom!” – trying to...
Sep 20, 2021 · September 20, 2021. When the camera turned to Michaela Coel after she won an Emmy for limited-series writing, she looked overwhelmed. The creator, star, writer, and co-director of I May Destroy...
Sep 7, 2021 · 30-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Writer and actor Michaela Coel's first book, Misfits: A Personal Manifesto is out this week. Laura McClusky. Michaela Coel says she first...
Jun 29, 2020 · June 29, 2020. In her new show, Michaela Coel, a prodigiously talented writer, director, and performer, takes on life after sexual assault. Illustration by Xia Gordon. Who hasn’t been there? A...
