Home Back

Menu
GUILDHALL SCHOOL
Follow Us
  • Life At the School
  • Fees & Funding
  • Apply
  • Access
  • International
  • Prospectus
  • Staff
  • Alumni
  • Contact Us
GUILDHALL SCHOOL
  • About
  • Music
  • Drama
  • Production Arts
  • Youth & Adult Learning
  • Support the School
  • About
  • Music
  • Drama
  • Production Arts
  • Youth & Adult Learning
  • Support the School
  • About
  • Music
  • Drama
    • Programmes
    • Final year actors
      • Final year actors 2020-21
      • Graduates 2019-20
      • Graduates 2018-19
      • Graduates 2017-18
      • Graduates 2016-17
      • Graduates 2015-16
      • Graduates 2014-15
      • Graduates 2013-14
      • Graduates 2012-13
      • Graduates 2011-12
        • Jherad Alleyne
        • Jonathan Barnwell
        • Emily Berrington
        • Simon Blackhall
        • Tim Bowie
        • Nathalie Buscombe
        • Michaela Coel
        • Sion Alun Davies
        • Steffan Donnelly
        • Katharine Drury
        • Paapa Essiedu
        • Jenny Fennessy
        • Gala Gordon
        • Danielle Harrison
        • Nicholas Kendrick
        • Susannah Laing
        • Katherine Rose Morley
        • Kevin Phelan
        • Helen Sorren
        • Rose Reynolds
        • Cara Theobold
        • Edwin Thomas
        • Beatrice Walker
    • Final year PACE artists
    • Recent productions
    • Acting alumni
    • PACE alumni
    • Staff
    • Auditions
    • Open Sessions
    • Online Short Courses
    • Tour our facilities
    • Contact us
  • Production Arts
  • Youth & Adult Learning
  • Support the School
  • Programmes
  • Final year actors
    • Final year actors 2020-21
    • Graduates 2019-20
    • Graduates 2018-19
    • Graduates 2017-18
    • Graduates 2016-17
    • Graduates 2015-16
    • Graduates 2014-15
    • Graduates 2013-14
    • Graduates 2012-13
    • Graduates 2011-12
      • Jherad Alleyne
      • Jonathan Barnwell
      • Emily Berrington
      • Simon Blackhall
      • Tim Bowie
      • Nathalie Buscombe
      • Michaela Coel
      • Sion Alun Davies
      • Steffan Donnelly
      • Katharine Drury
      • Paapa Essiedu
      • Jenny Fennessy
      • Gala Gordon
      • Danielle Harrison
      • Nicholas Kendrick
      • Susannah Laing
      • Katherine Rose Morley
      • Kevin Phelan
      • Helen Sorren
      • Rose Reynolds
      • Cara Theobold
      • Edwin Thomas
      • Beatrice Walker
  • Final year PACE artists
  • Recent productions
  • Acting alumni
  • PACE alumni
  • Staff
  • Auditions
  • Open Sessions
  • Online Short Courses
  • Tour our facilities
  • Contact us

Michaela Coel

Height 5’5” 
Colour of eyes Dark brown 
Colour of hair Black
Singing voice Mezzo soprano

Parts played at Guildhall School
Lysistrata in Lysistrata (dir: Owen Horsley)
Mme Mantalini in Nicholas Nickleby Part One (dir: Joseph Blatchley)
...think only this of me... (Devised piece, dir: Christian Burgess)
Miriam in The Women (dir: Wyn Jones)
Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra (dir: Owen Horsley)
Rita La Porta in Lucky Stiff (dir: Martin Connor)
Medea in Medea (dir: Patsy Rodenburg)
Emilia in The Man of Mode (dir: Jessica Swale)
Irina in Murmuring Judges (dir: Dinah Stabb)
Masha/Arkadina in The Seagull (dir: Christian Burgess)
Kate in Breathing Corpses (dir: Tom Daley)
Eve in Adam & Eve (Medieval Mystery plays, dir: Douglas Rintoul

Professional experience
Poet in Krunch (South Africa Poetry Tour dir: Che Walker, Talawa Theatre)
Poet in Krunch (2009 dir: Imani Naphtali, Bernie Grant Arts), Chelsea in Estate Walls (dir; Che Walker, Inner City Theatre), Tina in For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad (dir: Teassa Walker/Zawe Ashton, Royal Court), Donna-Marie Locke in Malachi (film dir: Shabazz Graham, Sickle Cell Society/Blue Hippo Media), Voice over work for ABTS Ltd/Kwango Ltd.

Other experience
Studied English Literature and Theology at Birmingham University (2007-9), performed as a poet New York and Orlando (2008), South Africa (for Poet Laureate of South Africa) (2009), Rotterdam De Doelen Concert Hall (2011), Che Walker Masterclass at RADA/Interchange Studios, Mark Proulx workshop at Prima del Teatro, workshops in TV with Ian Fleming, writer/director of Fixing Barbie (Stratford Circus Theatre), Kat Francois Poetry Course at Theatre Royal, Stratford East.

Winner of Theatre Royal Stratford East Poetry Slam (2008, 2009, 2010), winner of 2010 Cordless Show (Poetry/music), Laurence Olivier Award (2011)

Skills
Driving licence, Stage Combat Proficiency Certificate (Advanced), experienced singer, poet, street/contemporary/lyrical jazz/La Hip Hop dance, circus skills, very strong ear for accents, period dance, clarinet (grade 3)

Native Accent 

Dialects
RP, American (general, New York, Southern), Ghanaian, London (East, South, Cockney), South African

FOLLOW US
Contact Details
Address Silk Street, Barbican, EC2Y 8DT
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 2571
Fax +44 (0) 20 7256 9438

©2015 Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Site Information
  • Contact Us
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Notices
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Photo credits
  • Site map
  • Press Area
Quick Links
  • Music
  • Drama
  • Production Arts
  • Our Research Activity
  • Current Students
  • Safeguarding policy
  • Transparency Information
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is provided by the City of London Corporation as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation