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Michaela Coel

1987 - Today

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Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British actress, writer and television director. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 television 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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special. Coel is also known for her work in other Netflix productions, including guest-starring in the series Black Mirror (2016–2017), and starring in the series Black Earth Rising (2018) and film Been So Long (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Michaela Coel is the 7,578th most popular actor (up from 12,307th in 2024), the 5,565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,389th in 2019) and the 857th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michaela Coel ranks 7,578 out of 13,578. Before her are Manolo Cardona, Ann Robinson, Ailee, Chris Bauer, Fanny Cadeo, and Danna García. After her are Hasan Minhaj, Simon Rex, Hyomin, Ron Cephas Jones, Tulisa, and Moon Chae-won.

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Among people born in 1987, Michaela Coel ranks 175. Before her are Genesis Rodriguez, Aaron Carter, Luisana Lopilato, Déborah François, Nina Kraviz, and Satoshi Yoshioka. After her are Eljero Elia, Ivan Strinić, Ruslana Korshunova, Ken Matsumoto, Tyler Hoechlin, and Yuma Asami.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michaela Coel ranks 5,567 out of 8,785. Before her are Darren Fletcher (1984), Alastair Reynolds (1966), John Aldridge (1958), Ted Burgin (1927), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), and Neville Southall (1958). After her are Tulisa (1988), Neil Sloane (1939), E. B. Ford (1901), Stuart Baird (1947), Alan Pardew (1961), and David Hobbs (1939).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michaela Coel ranks 857. Before her are Vivien Merchant (1929), Anna Neagle (1904), Carole Shelley (1939), Sarah Lancashire (1964), Julian Morris (1983), and Bella Ramsey (2003). After her are Tulisa (1988), Gracie Fields (1898), Lucy Gordon (1980), Robin Sachs (1951), Clare Higgins (1955), and Regé-Jean Page (1988).

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