Michaela Coel
Also Known As: Michaela Ewuraba Collinson, Michaela Boakye-Collinson, Michaela-Moses Boakye-Collinson, Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, Михаэла Коэл
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 01, 1988
Age: 36 years old
Gender: Female
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National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams

Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-19
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National Theatre Archive: Home

Overview: 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 doesn’t work – where do you go? An inner-city high-rise hostel, TargetEast, offers a roof. Nadia Fall’s verbatim play features performances from Michaela Coel, Antonia Thomas and Kadiff Kirwan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-12
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Mother Mary

Overview: An epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
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National Theatre Live: Medea

Overview: 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 time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-04
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Monsters: Dark Continent

Overview: 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 from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.
Genres: Thriller Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-09
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Been So Long

Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-13
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Overview: 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 Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-09
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The Christophers

Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
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