ACTOR

Michaela Coel

1987 - Today

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Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michaela Coel has received more than 5,878,782 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michaela Coel is the 12,309th most popular actor (down from 10,705th in 2019), the 7,391st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,446th in 2019) and the 1,362nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michaela Coel ranks 12,309 out of 13,578. Before her are Avi Nash, Park Si-eun, Paulina Goto, Rachna Banerjee, Irina Antonenko, and Mouni Roy. After her are Clifton Davis, Kwon Mina, Matthew Moy, Victoria Maurette, Brett Dier, and Kelly Marie Tran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Michaela Coel ranks 858. Before her are Taapsee Pannu, Jan Charouz, Monika Brodka, Marta Bastianelli, Ruslan Abışov, and Flora Duffy. After her are Nikita Vitiugov, Kate Nash, Tuukka Rask, Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira, Voria Ghafouri, and Femke Heemskerk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michaela Coel ranks 7,391 out of 8,785. Before her are Frank Sinclair (1971), David Lidington (1956), Lyudmyla Olyanovska (1993), Iwan Thomas (1974), Kae Tempest (1985), and Dizzee Rascal (1984). After her are Harry Wilson (1997), Kate Nash (1987), Roger Hammond (1974), Andrew Flintoff (1977), Phil Brown (1959), and Rafi Gavron (1989).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michaela Coel ranks 1,362. Before her are Nick Blood (1982), Samantha Womack (1972), Jacob Anderson (1990), Sebastian Armesto (1982), Freddie Fox (1989), and Millie Brady (1993). After her are Kate Nash (1987), Rafi Gavron (1989), Julian Ovenden (1976), Sam Underwood (1987), Amma Asante (1969), and Jamelia (1981).

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