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