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3 July 2020

Meet the cast of BBC’s new incredible drama, I May Destroy You

Michaela Coel who stars as Arabella also wrote and co-directed the series

Bean Urquhart

I May Destroy You is the new BBC series that people can’t stop talking about. The
show centres around the main character, Arabella, and her journey through
processing a sexual assault that happens after she’s spiked in a club. Everyone’s
completely obsessed with it because of its incredibly raw depiction of sexual assault,
trauma and black experiences, all of which is based on very real moments in
Michaela Coel’s own life who wrote and co-directed it.

The cast is made up of well-known actors, such as Aml Ameen and Stephen Wight,
and up and coming stars like Marouane Zotti. A lot of them have starred in other
British TV series, like Bad Education and Doctor Who, and nearly all of them currently
live in London, so hopefully they’re all actually mates offset as well. Meet the cast of I
May Destroy You:

Michaela Coel – Arabella

Not only did Michaela write I May Destroy You as a semi-fiction based on her
experience of sexual assault, but she also stars in it as the main character, Arabella.
Michaela studied English at Birmingham uni, then went to the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama. Since then, she’s starred in Chewing Gum (which she also wrote),
two Black Mirror episodes, Top Boy and Black Earth Rising. On top of acting in,