Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson Quotes

United Kingdom, Actress
October 1, 1987

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British actress, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, poet, and playwright. In 2016, she won the BAFTA for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme and Breakthrough Talent for the television series Chewing Gum, which she created, wrote and acted as the lead role.

Also known as Screenwriter, Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Playwright

Looking back, the way I see it, there was something slightly deluded about my belief - what that meant to me - but with that delusion came of lot of happiness. Life was really black and white: if you do these things now, God will you invite you to his house where you will love forever and everything will be happy forever. That's what I believed, and that makes life pretty sweet. I do miss it.

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
- Life
- God
- Happiness
I don't like working - I just like having done the end product. The process, I like to make it quick and painful.

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
- Working
- Product
- Painful

There's a massive community in church. You have a real home. You can move to different parts of the world and you'll always find a church and a community. When you let go of church, you don't have that comfort, you don't have that safety net anymore.

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
- Home
- Community
- Church
I definitely believe in spirituality. I like to pray, but I'm not praying to something that I can define; I'm just speaking because I know it does have an effect. I believe there are some great things that I've taken from the Bible in terms of loving the world and trying to be kind. There are a lot of good things to take from the Bible, and I like to think I try to apply them to my life.

Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson
- Bible
- My Life
- I Believe