Take a closer look at some of Hollywood's top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

Child Stars, Then and Now

Take a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Kirsten Dunst, Jimmi Simpson, Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Osy Ikhile, and Michaela Coel in Black Mirror (2011)

Michaela Coel in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Danai Gurira and Michaela Coel in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Florence Kasumba and Michaela Coel in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You (2020)

Jesse Plemons, Jimmi Simpson, Cristin Milioti, Osy Ikhile, and Michaela Coel in Black Mirror (2011)

Jesse Plemons, Jimmi Simpson, Cristin Milioti, Osy Ikhile, Michaela Coel, and Paul G. Raymond in Black Mirror (2011)

Jesse Plemons, Jimmi Simpson, Cristin Milioti, Milanka Brooks, Osy Ikhile, Michaela Coel, and Paul G. Raymond in Black Mirror (2011)

Robert Lonsdale and Michaela Coel in Chewing Gum (2015)

Danielle Walters and Michaela Coel in Chewing Gum (2015)

Michaela Coel at an event for Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)

Michaela Coel at an event for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Michaela Coel at an event for The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021)

Gary Gershoff and Michaela Coel at an event for Black Earth Rising (2018)

Michaela Coel at an event for Been So Long (2018)

Michaela Coel at an event for The Honorable Woman (2014)

Michaela Coel at an event for Black Earth Rising (2018)

Michaela Coel at an event for Chewing Gum (2015)

Michaela Coel at an event for Black Mirror (2011)

Michaela Coel at an event for Black Panther (2018)

Michaela Coel at an event for 3 Days in Quiberon (2018)

Michaela was born on October 1st 1987 as Michaela Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents and brought up in Tower Hamlets by her mother, a devout member of the Pentecostal church who instilled her religion into Michaela and her sister - something that she would later draw on for her play 'Chewing Gum Dreams. ' Already a poet and performance artist , releasing the album 'Fixing Barbie' in 2009, she obtained a 2.1 in English at university before enrolling at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was awarded the Laurence Olivier bursary, graduating in 2012. In 2013 she made her stage debut at the Bush Theatre, where she would perform 'Chewing Gum Dreams', later in the year transferring to the National Theatre, where she would return in 2014 to appear in 'Medea' with Helen McCrory. In 2015 a sitcom based on 'Chewing Gum Dreams', its title shortened to 'Chewing Gum' began its run on Channel 4 television and in 2016 she was back on that channel in another comedy-drama 'The Aliens'.

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