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"I May Destroy You" would clearly be a deserving winner for Outstanding Limited Series, but it won't be a walk in the park, as this happens to be one of the night's most competitive categories. "Part of my heart hopes that people who have had experiences that are traumatic watch this and feel less alone," Coel told Screen Daily.
#EMMYS 2021 MICHAELA COEL WINS FOR I MAY DESTROY YOU SERIES#
Ultimately, her goal with the series was to provide a sense of community for other survivors. "It's been quite hard, but cathartic because I'm reflecting on a dark time rather than feeling it is happening to me right now," she said at the time.
Last year, she told Radio 1 Newsbeat it took her two and a half years to write the 12-episode series. It turned out I had been sexually assaulted by strangers."Ģ021 Emmy Awards: See the Complete List of WinnersĬoel explained that she immediately informed Chewing Gum's producers, and some of them appeared at times to "not know what empathy is at all." She continued, "When there are police involved and footage of people carrying your writer into dangerous places, when cuts are found, when there's blood-what is your job?"
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I emerged into consciousness typing season two, many hours later. 19, 2021, by the Television Academy, Michaela Coel accepts the award for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie for I May Destroy. I took a break and had a drink with a good friend who was nearby. "I was working overnight in the company's offices," recalled the 33-year-old performer, who is nominated for both her acting and writing on I May Destroy You. She described a time when she regained consciousness and realized she had been raped while finishing an assignment as a writer on her series Chewing Gum, which helped inspire her newest show's story line. In 2018, Coel delivered a lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival and shared that she is a real-life survivor of sexual assault.
#EMMYS 2021 MICHAELA COEL WINS FOR I MAY DESTROY YOU TV#
"I May Destroy You" centers on a TV writer named Arabella Essiedu (Michaela) who struggles with moving forward in her life after she is drugged and raped. 19: outstanding writing for a limited series and outstanding music supervision. The HBO series from creator and star Michaela Coel is nominated for nine trophies and won two at the Emmys ceremony taking place Sunday, Sept. In the HBO show, Coel starred as Arabella, a young woman who seeks to rebuild her life after she recalls being drugged and raped at a local nightclub. The I May Destroy You multihyphenate was nominated in several categories at Sunday night’s ceremony, including best directing and best lead actress in a limited series."I May Destroy You" is one of the most-nominated comedies heading into the 2021 Emmys Awards, but there's definitely real-life pain behind it. Actor-writer Michaela Coel scored an Emmy award in the outstanding writing for a limited series category for her hit and critically-acclaimed series I May Destroy You. And see what comes to you in the silence.”Ĭoel took a moment to thank people on her team and HBO brass, like Casey Bloys, as well.
The win also marked Coels first-ever Emmy. “In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others to help us better determine how we feel about ourselves, and to, in turn, feel the need to be constantly visible-for visibility these days seems to somehow equate to success-do not be afraid to disappear,” she continued. Michaela Coel, the writer and star of HBOs 2020 series 'I May Destroy You,' won the Emmy. She also gave her speech directly to writers, urging them to “write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that is uncomfortable.
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