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Director
Michaela Coel
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 1368012
IMDb ID: nm3948190
Known for: Acting
Born: October 1, 1988
Age: 37
Place of birth: Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2026
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q18637243
Also known as
Michaela Ewuraba Collinson • Michaela Boakye-Collinson • Michaela-Moses Boakye-Collinson • Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (2)Original Music Composer (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
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 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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Movies
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Highest rated movies linked with Michaela Coel.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Michaela Coel.
as Airline Stewardess • 1 eps
Black Mirror
2011 • Series
as Kayla • 2 eps
Top Boy
2011 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
2007 • Series
Executive Producer • 12 eps
I May Destroy You
2020 • Series
as Journalist • 1 eps
London Spy
2015 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
Chewing Gum
2015 • Series
as Bev • 1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Michaela Coel.
as Resistance Monitor
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 • Movie
as Aneka
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Movie
Thanks
Babygirl
2024 • Movie
as Sam Anselm
Mother Mary
2026 • Movie
as Lori Butler
The Christophers
2025 • Movie
as Kelly
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014 • Movie
Executive Producer
Proper Ladies
2026 • Movie
as Simone
Been So Long
2018 • Movie
as Young Mum / Portugal
National Theatre Live: Home
2013 • Movie
as Nurse
National Theatre Live: Medea
2014 • Movie
Director
Bloodsport
Movie
Writer
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
2014 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Michaela Coel.
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Airline Stewardess • 1 eps
Black Mirror
2011 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
2007 • Series
as Bev • 1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024 • Series
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 • Series
as Journalist • 1 eps
London Spy
2015 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
Chewing Gum
2015 • Series
as Kayla • 2 eps
Top Boy
2011 • Series
Executive Producer • 12 eps
I May Destroy You
2020 • Series
as Kate Ashby • 8 eps
Black Earth Rising
2018 • Series
as Lilyhot • 6 eps
The Aliens
2016 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Michaela Coel.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Michaela Coel.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Michaela Coel.
as Sam Anselm
Mother Mary
2026 • Movie
as Lori Butler
The Christophers
2025 • Movie
as Aneka
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Movie
as Simone
Been So Long
2018 • Movie
as Resistance Monitor
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 • Movie
as Kelly
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014 • Movie
as Nurse
National Theatre Live: Medea
2014 • Movie
as Tracey Gordon
National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams
2014 • Movie
as Young Mum / Portugal
National Theatre Live: Home
2013 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Michaela Coel.
as Bev • 1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024 • Series
as Arabella Essiuedu • 12 eps
I May Destroy You
2020 • Series
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 • Series
as Kate Ashby • 8 eps
Black Earth Rising
2018 • Series
as Lilyhot • 6 eps
The Aliens
2016 • Series
as Journalist • 1 eps
London Spy
2015 • Series
as Tracey Gordon • 12 eps
Chewing Gum
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Airline Stewardess • 1 eps
Black Mirror
2011 • Series
as Kayla • 2 eps
Top Boy
2011 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
2007 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series