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Michaela Coel turned down a reported $1 million Netflix deal to keep her rights. Then she won an Emmy Celebrity Buzz Michaela Coel turned down a reported $1 million Netflix deal to keep her rights. Then she won an Emmy Michaela Coel, born Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents in London, became the first Black woman to win the Emmy for writing a limited series with I May Destroy You in 2021.