Ghanaian-Brit actress becomes first black woman to win an Emmy for Best Writing

The 33-year-old actress known professionally as Michaela Coel, won Best Writing in a Television Limited Series or Movie, for her work on HBO and BBC’s ‘I May Destroy You’.Historically, she becomes the first black woman to win the category. ‘I May Destroy You’ is anHBO-BBC series that fictionalizes the story of her sexual assault after she was drugged and raped in 2016.