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Michaela Coel

"One line but I loved it because it's Star Wars, and John Boyega's bloody lovely."
―Michaela Coel[2]

Michaela Coel (born Michaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collison, on October 1, 1987) is a British actress and screenwriter[1] who portrayed a Resistance tactical officer in Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi.[3]

The actress spent a few days on the UK set of The Last Jedi filming her role. In an interview prior to the release of the film, Coel spoke about her role and refused to call it a cameo, saying that she merely sat on a spaceship and said just three words, and was convinced that her role would end up on the cutting room floor.[4] However, Coel enjoyed the experience because it was Star Wars.[2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MICHAELA RISING Who is Michaela Coel star of Black Earth Rising, how old is she and who did she play in Black Mirror? by Beril Naz Hassan on The Sun (October 29, 2018): "Michaela Coel, born Michaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collison, is a British actress and screenwriter. She is 30 years old, having been born on October 1, 1987." (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chewing Gum's Michaela Coel interview: 'My mum used to shave my pubes' by Gerald Gilbert on The Independent (January 9, 2017): "Having recorded "tiny" roles in Netflix's Black Mirror and the new Star Wars movie ("One line but I loved it because it's Star Wars, and John Boyega's bloody lovely"), Coel took herself off to Cornwall and Berlin" (backup link)
  3. ↑ 32 Delightful Star Wars: The Last Jedi Cameos You Might Have Missed by Joanna Robinson on Vanity Fair (December 17, 2017): "Chewing Gum star Michaela Coel was reluctant to call her Last Jedi appearance a cameo. She told Complex earlier this year: "I'm so serious. It's literally, I [sit] on the spaceship and I say three words. And they probably didn't even make the movie." They did! Coel appears as a Resistance monitor who declares "they found us" early on in the film." (backup link)
  4. ↑ Michaela Coel, The Prodigy Behind Netflix's 'Chewing Gum,' Is The Future of Comedy by Devon Maloney on Complex (April 7, 2017): "But that won't be for long, she was recently cast in the film adaptation of British musical Been So Long, and, she spent a few days on the UK set of the upcoming Star Wars installment, The Last Jedi, though she refuses to even call it a cameo. "I'm so serious. It's literally, I [sit] on the spaceship and I say three words. And they probably didn't even make the movie." (backup link)

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