Jennifer Kingsley

Michaela Coel

Born and raised in London, U.K. to Ghanaian parents and brought up by her mother, Michaela Coel is a British actress, singer, screenwriter, director and producer. She began her career doing open mic poetry in theatres around London. There she discovered her passion for theatre and in 2009 she enrolled in the summer school program at the Talawa Theatre Company. That same year she released her first ever music album entitled ‘fixing barbie’. She also obtained a 2.1 in English at University before enrolling at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was awarded the Laurence Olivier bursary, graduating in 2012.