Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born October 1, 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a Ghanaian-British actress, filmmaker, singer, and composer. 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).

  • Title: Michaela Coel
  • Popularity: 4.652
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1988-10-01
  • Place of Birth: Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Michaela Ewuraba Collinson, Michaela Boakye-Collinson, Michaela-Moses Boakye-Collinson, Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, Михаэла Коэл
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Michaela Coel Movies

  • 2014
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    National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams

    National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams

    10 2014 HD

    Meet Tracey Gordon. Friendship, sex, UK garage, school, teachers, periods, emergency contraception, raves, tampons, white boys, God, money....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2013
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    National Theatre Archive: Home

    National Theatre Archive: Home

    1 2013 HD

    Bullet doesn’t want to call a hostel home. Eritrean Girl was smuggled here in a lorry. Singing Boy dreams of seeing his name in lights and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 1970
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    Mother Mary

    Mother Mary

    1 1970 HD

    An epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anne Hathaway

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  • 2014
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    National Theatre Live: Medea

    National Theatre Live: Medea

    7.5 2014 HD

    Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Helen McCrory

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  • 2014
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    Monsters: Dark Continent

    Monsters: Dark Continent

    4.8 2014 HD

    Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Johnny Harris

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  • 2018
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    Been So Long

    Been So Long

    5.6 2018 HD

    A single mother in London's Camden Town hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a past. But she's not sure she's ready to open her heart.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2017
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    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    6.787 2017 HD

    Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Mark Hamill

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  • 2022
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    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    7.087 2022 HD

    Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Letitia Wright

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  • 1970
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    The Christophers

    The Christophers

    1 1970 HD

    The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be discovered and sold after his death.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Ian McKellen

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  • 2024
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    RuPaul's Drag Race UK

    RuPaul's Drag Race UK

    7.1 2024 HD

    RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in all the land.

    Genre: Reality

    Cast: RuPaul

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  • 2024
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.4 2024 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

    Genre: News

    Cast:

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  • 2015
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    London Spy

    London Spy

    6.967 2015 HD

    A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ben Whishaw

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  • 2017
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    Chewing Gum

    Chewing Gum

    7.25 2017 HD

    The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2013
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    Top Boy

    Top Boy

    7.312 2013 HD

    A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ashley Walters

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  • 2016
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    The Aliens

    The Aliens

    5.6 2016 HD

    Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Socha

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  • 2023
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.3 2023 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast:

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  • 2023
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.3 2023 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast:

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  • 2018
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    Black Earth Rising

    Black Earth Rising

    6.85 2018 HD

    As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2024
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    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    6.546 2024 HD

    Meet the Smiths: two lonely strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their lives and identities to be thrown together as partners – both in...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Donald Glover

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  • 2024
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.835 2024 HD

    After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jimmy Fallon

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  • 2020
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    I May Destroy You

    I May Destroy You

    7.4 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2024
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    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.2 2024 HD

    Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Graham Norton

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  • 1970
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    1 1970 HD

    British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa -...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2017
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    7.25 2017 HD

    The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2020
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    7.4 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2020
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    7.4 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2020
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    7.4 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 1970
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    1 1970 HD

    British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa -...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2017
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    7.25 2017 HD

    The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 2020
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    7.4 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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  • 1970
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    First Day on Earth

    First Day on Earth

    1 1970 HD

    British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa -...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michaela Coel

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