Actor

Michaela Coel

October 1, 1988 · Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL (born October 1, 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.

Notable work

6.7
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
as Resistance Monitor
7
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
as Aneka
8.3
Black Mirror (2011)
as Airline Stewardess and as Shania
6.4
The Daily Show (1996)
as Self
6.6
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)
as Bev
4.7
Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
as Kelly
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
as Self - Guest

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