Biography
Michaela Coel FRSL is an multi-award winning, actor, writer, singer and singwriter from London. She has written and performed across stage and screen, with her debut play Chewing Gum Dreams (Yard Theatre, National Theatre) propelling her to stardom. Michaela’s theatre credits include acting roles in HOME, MEDEA and BLURRED LINES, all at the National Theatre, and THREE BIRDS at the Bush Theatre and Manchester Royal Exchange. Michaela’s phenomenally successful and ground-breaking HBO/BBC dark comedy-drama, I MAY DESTROY YOU, which she created, wrote, co-directed, co-produced and starred in premiered in June 2020. The series won a host of prestigious awards incluing two Emmy Awards and five BAFTA awards among numerous others. Her first book, MISFITS: A PERSONAL MANIFESTO was released in September 2021, which is based on the MacTaggart lecture Michaela gave in 2018 at the Edinburgh TV Festival.