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).

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

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Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rian Johnson
CAST:  Oscar Isaac  •  Benicio del Toro  •  Adam Driver  •  Daisy Ridley

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rian Johnson
CAST:  Oscar Isaac  •  Benicio del Toro  •  Adam Driver  •  Daisy Ridley

Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)

Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Green
CAST:  Johnny Harris  •  Sam Keeley  •  Joe Dempsie  •  Kyle Soller

Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Green
CAST:  Johnny Harris  •  Sam Keeley  •  Joe Dempsie  •  Kyle Soller

National Theatre Live: Medea (2014)

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 family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross MacGibbon
CAST:  Joel McDermott  •  Jude Pearce  •  Helen McCrory  •  Michaela Coel

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 family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross MacGibbon
CAST:  Joel McDermott  •  Jude Pearce  •  Helen McCrory  •  Michaela Coel

Been So Long (2018)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinge Krishnan
CAST:  Michaela Coel  •  Arinzé Kene  •  George MacKay  •  Joe Dempsie

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinge Krishnan
CAST:  Michaela Coel  •  Arinzé Kene  •  George MacKay  •  Joe Dempsie

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

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Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Coogler
CAST:  Lupita Nyong'o  •  Letitia Wright  •  Danai Gurira  •  Winston Duke

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Coogler
CAST:  Lupita Nyong'o  •  Letitia Wright  •  Danai Gurira  •  Winston Duke

National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams (2014)

Meet Tracey Gordon. Friendship, sex, UK garage, school, teachers, periods, emergency contraception, raves, tampons, white boys, God, money. Friendship. The more she learns about the world the less she understands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadia Fall
CAST:  Michaela Coel

Meet Tracey Gordon. Friendship, sex, UK garage, school, teachers, periods, emergency contraception, raves, tampons, white boys, God, money. Friendship. The more she learns about the world the less she understands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadia Fall
CAST:  Michaela Coel

National Theatre Live: Home (2013)

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 Garden Boy just wants to feel safe. Homelessness amongst young people in the UK is at a record high, so when the big society ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadia Fall
CAST:  Michaela Coel  •  Jonathan Coote  •  Trevor Michael Georges  •  Kadiff Kirwan

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 Garden Boy just wants to feel safe. Homelessness amongst young people in the UK is at a record high, so when the big society ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadia Fall
CAST:  Michaela Coel  •  Jonathan Coote  •  Trevor Michael Georges  •  Kadiff Kirwan