Michaela Coel
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I May Destroy You
I may destroy you, aired to rave reviews in June last year. Michaela Cole became the first person in BAFTA history to win awards for all four major categories of leading actress, writer, director and mini series. In a break during a hectic all night writing session she went for a drink with a friend and woke up next morning realising her drink had been spiked and she'd been sexually assaulted by a stranger. A traumatic experience that she would later use as the starting point for her I may destroy you drama. She's not a huge belter but it's an extraordinarily expressive, very haunting voice. The pure voice that she was able to somehow get through to the final project was
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