Poet, writer and actress, Michaela Coel has many strings to her bow. And in 2016, the rising star was in the midst of one of the most exciting periods of her life.
06.06.2020 - 00:19 / hollywoodreporter.com
She may not have foreseen a global pandemic or international protests tied to police brutality, but Michaela Coel's new HBO series I May Destroy You has a feeling of bracing, uncomfortable immediacy. Coel's second series as creator-star is marked by its filter-free treatment of sexuality, mockery of social media performativity and cross-section examination of a generation trying to find a voice.
Poet, writer and actress, Michaela Coel has many strings to her bow. And in 2016, the rising star was in the midst of one of the most exciting periods of her life.
the BBC show is already earning high praise for its ability to take on these topics realistically and powerfully. The first four episodes have already aired and Twitter is alight with praise, so it’s definitely one to check out.For all the latest stories on EVOKE, click here.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen the night first starts to go south, Arabella (Michaela Coel) chalks it up to a mistake she’s made before. After promising herself that she’d stay sober, get productive and be good, she gives in to her restlessness and goes out for “just one drink.” Some time later — impossible to tell how much — she wakes up right back where she started, as if shaken out of a nightmare.
Adele is a huge fan of Michaela Coel’s new series “I May Destroy You”.
Singer and living legend Adele took to social media, where she praised Michaela Coel. Coel, a British genius, who is a writer and the creator behind the hit series, I May Destroy You.
Adele has hailed Michaela Coel’s new TV series as “the best thing” she has seen on British television “for years”.
Just two weeks after giving birth to her darling daughter Orla Mae Edney, new mum Danielle Armstrong is still on cloud nine. When new! magazine calls her for our exclusive interview, the former TOWIE star is elated to have started a family with her construction project manager fiancé Tom Edney, who listens in and helps her remember the crucial details of their first weeks as parents.
I May Destroy You creator and star Michaela Coel says that writing about her sexual assault in the new Netflix show was a “cathartic” experience.The show is based on the real-life experience of Chewing Gum creator Coel being drugged and sexually abused.“It took me two and a half years all in all to write it and I didn’t do any other job,” she told Radio 1’s Newsbeat in a new interview.“It’s been quite hard but cathartic because I’m reflecting on a dark time rather than feeling it is happening to
I May Destroy You—the trailer —and, if I’m being honest, by the time the credits were rolling, I still have no idea what I’m in for as the series continues. But that’s the magic of I May Destroy You.
Catherine Giudici’s 5-month-old daughter, Mia, spit up on her face in a hilarious Sunday, June 7, photo.“Kissing babies is a risky game,” the Bachelor alum’s husband, Sean Lowe, wrote via Instagram.
American Chopper is on the channel that's hard to not call the Discovery Channel but is technically just called Discovery, and the kids' movie Artemis Fowl is skipping theaters and heading straight to Disney+. But there's stuff on Netflix too, of course, most notably the new Spike Lee movie Da 5 Bloods and Season 2 of dating reality series Dating Around.
I May Destroy You might just be the TV show of the summer. The new, gripping drama stars Michaela Cole (Chewing Gum) as a young woman who was drugged and sexually assaulted after a night out and must piece together what happened in the following days.
I May Destroy Youhas a timely throughline that contrasts the crises of individuals with those of the world.
I May Destroy You, debuts on Sunday, June 7.The project is the latest creative endeavor from Michaela Cole, who you may be familiar with from her show Chewing Gum, which originally aired in the United Kingdom and is currently streaming on Netflix.