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Michaela Coel

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Michaela Coel
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Sex or genderpua Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Country of citizenshipUnited Kingdom Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Birth nameMichaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collinson Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Yu'ur Kane ka ba tis oMichaela Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Zak yu'urCoel Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Du'am yuum1 Sawa'ar/Nwadispii nɛ yinne 1987 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Duam zin'igAldgate Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Languages spoken, written or signedEnglish Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Field of workacting, dramaturgy Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Educated atGuildhall School of Music and Drama Dɛmisim gbɛlima
ResidenceEast London Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Work period (start)2013 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Romantic orientationaromanticism Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Instrumentvoice Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Magnum opusI May Destroy You Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Award receivedBritish Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, OkayAfrica 100 Women, Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Described at URLhttps://www.vogue.co.uk/article/michaela-coel-british-vogue-interview Dɛmisim gbɛlima

Ba du'a Mihaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson FRSL nɛ yʋʋm tʋsir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ ayɔpɔi(1987) la ni, ka ba mi' o yee o yʋ'ʋr buoni Michaels Coel, ka an British dim sini tʋm-tʋm, sɔb-sɔbid nɛ onɛ pa'an TV Tʋʋma nɛ an siem-siem yɛla. Ba mi’i o nε ye o εnti maan sini la ka gbεεni bε E4 sitcom Chewing Gum yʋma tusa ayi, nε piiga nε anu paae yʋma tusa ayi, nε piiga nε ayɔpɔi (2015–2017) la ni ka o da di ya’an bε BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance; nε the BBC One/HBO comedy-drama series I May Destroy You yʋma tusa ayi, nε pisyi (2020) la ni ka o da di dinε anε British Academy Television Award for Best Actress yʋma tusa ayi, nε pisyi  nε ayinne (2021)la ni. O di’ema dinε yʋʋri buon yee I May Destroy You, Coel da anε yiiga ninsabil kanε an pua da nyaŋi di ya’aŋ bε Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited series sini nam bi’ela nwa, Movie, bɛɛ Dramatic Special.[1]

Nidib da mi’i Coel  nε bεdigʋ ka li anε o tʋʋma dinε an Netflix pεεs nε guest-starring bε Black Mirror yʋma tusa ayi, nε piiga  nε ayuobu (2016–2017) la ni, nε starring bε the series Black Earth Rising yʋma tusa ayi, nε piiga nε anii (2018) la nε film Been So Long yʋma tusa ayi, nε piiga  nε anii (2018) la ni.

O nyɔvʋr pin’ilʋg nε sakur

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Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson[2][3]ba da du’a o nε yʋʋm kɔbiswai pisnii nε ayɔpɔi (1987) bε East London.[4] O du’adib la wʋsa anε Ghanaian.[5] O  ma la da gɔs on nε o pitʋ yinne bε ka ba nɔbig kpεεmnam bε East London,[4]Hackney sakur la ni nε Tower Hamlets.[6][7] O da kenne Catholic schools bε East London,[5] ka ba ye on da nam ken biis sakur la o da bugusidi nidib biis, k aba pa’al ye on an da ninsabil o kɔn’ɔkɔn’ɔ bε sakurin la yεla. On da naae ka tɔlis la di da kεm ka’a on ni kɔn’ɔ ma’a bε ani an ninsabil lε.[2]

Din yi yʋma tusa ayi nε ayɔpɔi yʋma tusa ayi(2007) la keŋi paae yʋma tusa ayi nε awai (2009) la ni Coel da kenε University of Birmingham, zamisid English Literature nε Theology.[8] O da nɔk Ché Walker masterclass ba da nyε Walker di’ema zin’igin yʋ’ʋŋ la. Yʋma tusa ayi nε awai(2009) o da yi o sakur kudʋg la ni lεb Guildhall Schoɔol of Music and Drama, onε da an yiiga nin sabil da maan yʋma anu la zamisʋg bε sakur la ni.[7] O da di yiiga bε Laurence Olivier Bursary Award ka li da sʋŋɔ ka o nyaŋi gɔsidi o sakur yεla.[9] Saŋa kanε ka o da bε Guildhall la, Coel kenε Mark Proulx zamisʋg zin’ig bε Prima del Teatro zamis dinε an Kat Francois Poetry zamisʋg dinε bε Theatre Royal Stratford East.[8] O da zamis yʋma nε d’ema sakur (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) bε yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayi (2012) la ni.[10]

Yʋʋm tusa ayi nε ayuobu (2006) la ni Coel da yi palʋ na maan sεnlʋŋ bε Ealing.[11] On da kpεm kεn tuon ni maan la Ché Walker kanε an d’em-di’em ka lεm gɔsi di’ema yεla la da kpεmis o, on da nyε ka o bε Hackney Empire ka ti maal ala nɔɔ bε Guildhall la.[2][7] Coel onε maan sεnldʋŋ di’ema la da di’em di’ema nam zin’isnam bεdigʋ la’am pεεs Wembley Arena, Bush Theatre, Nuyorican Poets Cafe nε De Doelen, Rotterdam. O yʋ’ʋr da anε Michaela The Poet.[3]

Coel da tʋm nε Talawa Theatre Company summer school program TYPT bε yʋma tusa ayi nε awai(2009) la ni.[12][13]  O saŋa ka o da bε Talawa la, Coel o da pεεs TYPT yʋma tusa ayi nε awai (2009) Krunch sini maalʋg la ni, dinε ka Amani Naphtali da gɔsidi li yεla.[14] Yʋʋm kan nɔɔ, coel da yis sεlʋŋ paal dinε ka li yʋ’dr buon ye Fixing Barbie, ka di pa’al on maan sεnlʋŋ nε yʋma zi’em.[15] Yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε yinne (2011) la ni, Coel da yis dinε anε We're the Losers.[16]

Coel di’ema kanε da an Chewing Gum Dreams anε on da bε sakurin la ka maali di bε Guildhall yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga. O da dεsim yis yʋma la nε bε The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick[17] di’ema la ni Coel da anε pua yinne pa’an di'ema sɔlima dinε pian'adi pa’an yʋma piiga nε anaasi bipuŋɔ (a 14-year-old girl) ka o yʋ’ʋr buon Tracey.[7] Di’ema mɔri kεŋ Bush Theatre yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayi (2012) la ni, Royal Theatre Holland yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayi (2012) la ni, Royal Exchange Theatre yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε atan’ (2013) la ni, nε National Theatre yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anaasi (2014) la ni.[18] Nidib da pian’a di yεla sʋ’ʋm.[19][20]

O yiiga tʋʋma nε tuon ken (2013-2019)

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Yʋma tusa ayi ne piiga atan’ (2013) la ni Coel yi Channel 4 drama Top Boy ni na ka da onε gaad tuoni bε National Theatre, ka lεm pεεs ban ε da di yiiga yin la ka Media[21] da pian’a o yεla.

Channel 4 da pi’an pa’al ye Coel n sɔb galima sini dinε ka li yʋ’ʋr buon ye Chewing Gum, kpεmisidi o di’ema  nε Chewing Gum Dreams be Mɔtul Nwadig yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anaasi (August 2014) la ni.[22] O da yi sini kanε an "C4 Comedy Blaps" na an ninla’as Sɛnlʋŋ Nwadig yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anaasi(2014) la ni, di’ema la da sin’iŋi E4 bε Mɔtul Nwadig yʋma tusa ayi piiga nε anu(October 2015).[2] On da di’em sʋ’dŋa la zug ka o da d’e British Academy Television Award an pua kanε an Best Female Comedy Performance bε yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayuobu (2016) la ni. O da di BAFTA ya’an dinε anε Breakthrough Talent nε on da nyaŋi sɔb yʋma la titua la.[23] O di’emkanε da an Chewing Gum la nidib da pian’a di yεla sʋm.[24]

Yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anu(2015) la ni, coel da yi  bε BBC One drama London Spy[25]di’ema ni na. yʋʋma banε da dɔl wʋsa o da di’em dinε an Lilyhot be E4 sci-fi comedy-drama The Aliens, ka di yi Bulgaria na.[26][27][28]

O di’ema ka nε da an Chewing Gum da lεm pεεsi o di;emanam la si’eba ni be Yʋʋmpaal Nwadig, yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayɔpɔi(2017) la ni.[5][29] O da lεm yi dinε an Nosedive" nε "USS Callister" episodes an Charlie Brooker's series Black Mirror.[29][30] Coel da lεm mɔr tʋʋma bi’ela bε yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayɔpɔi(2017) sini kanε an Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[31]

Yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anii(2018) la ni, Coel da pεεsi bε Black Earth Rising, a co-production nε BBC Two tεŋsʋg nε Netflix, anina ka o di’em di’em kanε an kate, ani ka o an diem-di’em kpεεm. O da lεm pεεs nε Simone yʋma di’ema sini dinε an Been So Long, ka Che Walker gɔsi li yεla, on mεŋ di’ema an si’em dinε ka o da yi li bε Netflix ni k aba pian’a di yεla sʋm yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anii(2018) la ni.

Saŋkanε ka o yu'ur da yi (2020 - paae zina)

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Coel maal, sɔb, yis, ka gts di’ema yεla dinε an I May Destroy You, ka di anε o mεŋ mi’ilim da kpεmis o dinε ka o da zamisi yi dinε anε puasan’aʋŋ yεla la.[32] Di’em kan da maalnε bε BBC One bε UK nε HBO bε US yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi Sigir nwadig (June 2020) la ni, dinε da gilig babir bεdigʋ.[33][34][35] O da zan’as miliyɔn dtɔla yinne yit Netflix nε ban da pʋ siak ye o na tun’e mɔr suori na sʋ’oe o sini dinε ka on mεŋ maal la.[36][37]

Yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi (2022) la ni, Coel da pεεsi kɔbiga ni nimbanε mɔr ya’am na nyaŋi pan’a tiak ninsaal ya’am(Time's 100 Most Influential People).[38] Ba da lεm pa’al ye onε an nwadbil kanε tansi yi yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi (2020) la sini ni na.[39] Coel da lεm yinε British Vogue's  yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi (2020) ni n aka di pa’al ye onε an puakanε mɔr mi’ilim, ya’am ka mi’i pian’ad.[40] Dinε lεm pε’εs ya’as anε 15th annual Powerlist dinε da pa’an banε mɔr ya’am African bεε African-Caribbean heritage bε United Kingdom, Coel da dinε zi’isim anaasi daan (ranked fourth) nε on da tʋm sʋm sʋŋ dinε anε I May Destroy You.[41][42]

Yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi ayinne, Mɔraug Nwadig (July 2021) Coel da pεεs Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dinε ka o da yisi li Yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi ayi, Sapal Nwadig (November 11, 2022) la ni.[43] O da lɛm di'em dinɛ an Aneka o da lɛm pɛɛsi tטm nɛ Dora Milaje.[44]

Coel yiiga gbaʋŋ, dinε an Misfits: a Personal Manifesto la, o da zaŋii li pa’al UK nε USA yimmʋ, Yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi ayinne (7 September 2021) ka li anε Ebury Press da gbaʋŋ la pa’alʋg yεla. On mεŋi zamis si’el nε MacTaggart bε yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi anii (2018) la ni, bε Edinburgh Festival, dinε da si’isi Coel mi’ilim dinε anε si’el kanε ninvʋsaal pʋʋgin pa’an dinε ka o na nyaŋ, onε da zaŋ gbaʋŋ la pa’al la pian’a di yεla ye di an sʋm, ka di pia’adi sida dinε na nyaŋi tiak ninsaal bεlim.[45][46]

Ba da gaŋ coel ka o pεεs banε gɔsid pdtεn’εr pian’ad yεla, yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi ayi (Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022) la ni.[47] O da lεm di ya’an bε David Lowery's Mother Mary.[48]

yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi nε anasi, Mɔtul Nwadig dabisim piiga nε awai (On 19 August 2024) la ni ka o da TV ni di’em o yטma anaasi. TV ni di’ema dinε kena la Coel na sɔbi d’em dinε anε, nwad bil o yiiga daar dunia ni (First Day On Earth). O BBC di’ema dinε ka o na sin’iŋi maan bε yʋma tusa ayi nε pisyi nε anu (2025) la ni.[49]

Yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε ayuobu 2016 British Academy Television Awards, Coel da yεtnε fʋ ti ta’ar dinε ka o ma maal, o da maal nε Kente cloth (fʋʋg).[50] o da yεli ala, wʋʋ o di’ema kanε an Chewing Gum di’em- di’em Tracey, o da kena yʋ’ʋm pʋ’ʋsid hali bε Pentecostal Christian ka pʋ bɔɔd ye o εllε.[7] Coel da kεŋ Guildhall ya’aŋ la o da bas Pentecost pʋ’dsim la nε.[2]

Yʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anii (August 2018) la ni Coel da pian’a yis paalʋ ye da ayi da mʋk o ye ba digin nε o (sexually assaulted) saŋa kanε ka o da sɔbidi o di’ema dinε an Chewing Gum. Ban da mʋk o la ya’aŋ ka di kpεmis o ka o maal TV ni di’ema dinε an I May Destroy You la.[51][52]

O da baŋ ye o pʋ mɔr malisim aromantic.[53]

O yaaŋi da an raaper ka an author Guvna B.[54]

  1. REDIRECT Bɔɔdim lakir yʋ'ʋr
Year Title Role Notes
2014 National Theatre Live: Medea Nurse
Monsters: Dark Continent Kelly
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Resistance Monitor
2018 Been So Long Simone
2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Aneka
Tɛmpilet:TBA Tɛmpilet:Pending film Sam Post-production
Tɛmpilet:TBA Tɛmpilet:Pending film Tɛmpilet:TBA Filming
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Top Boy Kayla 2 episodes
Law & Order: UK Maid Episode: "Paternal"
2015 London Spy Journalist Episode: "Strangers"
2015–2017 Chewing Gum Tracey Gordon Main role; also creator, writer, producer and composer
2016 The Aliens Lilyhot Main role
Black Mirror Airline Stewardess Episode: "Nosedive"
2017 Black Mirror Shania Lowry Episode: "USS Callister"
2018 Black Earth Rising Kate Ashby Main role
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Guest judge Series 1; Episode: "Family That Drags Together"
2020 I May Destroy You Arabella Essiedu Main role; also creator, writer, director and producer
2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Bev Episode: "Infidelity"[55]
Tɛmpilet:TBA First Day on Earth Henri Main role; also writer, creator and an executive producer[56]
Year Title Role Venue
2013 Three Birds Tiana Bush Theatre
Home[57] Young Mum / Portugal Royal National Theatre
Chewing Gum Dreams Tracey Gordon Royal Exchange Theatre
2014 Blurred Lines[58] Michaela Royal National Theatre
Home (Revival) Young Mum / Portugal Royal National Theatre
Chewing Gum Dreams Tracey Gordon Royal National Theatre
Medea[5] Nurse Royal National Theatre

EP

LPs

  • Fixing Barbie (2009)[59]
  • We're the Losers (2011)[3]

Coel, Michaela (2013). Chewing Gum Dreams (UK ed.). London: Oberon Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-783-19014-0. OCLC 870600609

Coel, Michaela (2021). Misfits: A Personal Manifesto (UK ed.). London: Ebury Press. ISBN 978-1529148251. OCLC 1246284580

Year Association Category Nominee Result Tɛmpilet:Abbr
2008 Theatre Royal Stratford East Poetry Slam Herself Won
2009 Won
2010 Won
Cordless Show Poetry/Music Won
2011 Laurence Olivier Award Bursary Award Won [10]
2012 Alfred Fagon Award Best Playwright of African or Caribbean Descent Chewing Gum Dreams Won [60]
2016 British Academy Television Award Best Female Comedy Performance Chewing Gum Won [61][62]
Best Scripted Comedy Tɛmpilet:Nom [63]
Breakthrough Talent Won [64]
RTA Programme Award Breakthrough Won [65][66]
Comedy Performance Won
Writer - Comedy Tɛmpilet:Nom
South Bank Sky Arts Award Times Breakthrough Award Herself Tɛmpilet:Nom [67]
2017 Black Reel Television Award Outstanding Comedy Series Chewing Gum Tɛmpilet:Nom [68]
Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series Tɛmpilet:Nom
Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series Tɛmpilet:Nom
2018 Berlin International Film Festival Award EFP Shooting Star Herself Won [69]
British Academy Television Award Best Scripted Comedy Chewing Gum Tɛmpilet:Nom [70]
Black Reel Television Award Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Black Mirror Tɛmpilet:Nom [71]
British Independent Film Award Most Promising Newcomer Been So Long Tɛmpilet:Nom [72]
2019 Black Reel Television Award Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Black Earth Rising Tɛmpilet:Nom [73]
2021 British Academy Television Awards Best Mini-Series I May Destroy You Won [74]
Best Actress Won
Best Director: Fiction Won
Best Writer: Drama Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Limited Series Tɛmpilet:Nom
Best Actress in a Limited Series Tɛmpilet:Nom
Dorian Awards Best TV Movie or Miniseries Won [75]
Best LGBTQ TV Show Tɛmpilet:Nom
Best TV Performance Won
Wilde Wit Award Won
Independent Spirit Awards Best New Scripted Series Won
Best Ensemble Cast Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Performance in a Show Tɛmpilet:Nom
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Tɛmpilet:Nom
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Tɛmpilet:Nom
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Tɛmpilet:Nom
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Tɛmpilet:Nom
Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television Tɛmpilet:Nom
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Tɛmpilet:Nom
Television Critics Association Awards Individual Achievement in Drama Won
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Drama Series Won
Best Actress Won
Best Writer Won
2023 The Fashion Awards Pandora Leader of Change Award Herself Won [76][77]
2024 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Infidelity Won [78]


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