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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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Sam Anselm

Mother Mary

2026

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Lori

The Christophers

2025

6.5

Bev

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2024

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Aneka

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

7.4

Arabella Essiuedu

I May Destroy You

2020

7.1

Self - Guest Judge

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019

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Simone

Been So Long

2018

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Kate Ashby

Black Earth Rising

2018

6.8

Resistance Monitor

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

5.6

Lilyhot

The Aliens

2016

Credits

Mother Mary

as Sam Anselm

2026

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The Christophers

as Lori

2025

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Bev

2024

6.5

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as Aneka

2022

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I May Destroy You

as Arabella Essiuedu

2020

7.4

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Guest Judge

2019

7.1

Been So Long

as Simone

2018

5.6

Black Earth Rising

as Kate Ashby

2018

6.8

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

as Resistance Monitor

2017

6.8

The Aliens

as Lilyhot

2016

5.6

London Spy

as Journalist

2015

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Chewing Gum

as Tracey Gordon

2015

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Monsters: Dark Continent

as Kelly

2014

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National Theatre Live: Medea

as Nurse

2014

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National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams

as Tracey Gordon

2014

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

2014

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National Theatre Archive: Home

as Young Mum / Portugal

2013

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Black Mirror

as Airline Stewardess

2011

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Black Mirror

as Shania

2011

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Comedy Blaps

as Tracey Gordon

2011

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Top Boy

as Kayla

2011

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007

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The Daily Show

as Self

1996

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First Day on Earth

as Henri

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