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Michaela Coel's performance in the drama I May Destroy You only becomes more impressive when you remember she also created, wrote, directed and produced the entire 12-episode miniseries.

The show follows Coel's character Arabella, a British novelist who, whilst struggling to write her second book, has a massive night-out with her friends and finds herself sexually assaulted and with little memory of what actually happened to her.

A striking and emotionally brutal assessment of consent, rape culture and race in Britain, I May Destroy You hinges on Coel's superb writing, but also her deeply personal portrayal of a woman forced to confront her biggest fears and harshest memories.

With a startling mix of introspective humour, heartbreak and life-affirming honesty, Coel crafts out of her performance a flawed, troubled and ultimately innocent character who must find a way to bury her most devastating of secrets. It's a shocking and brave performance, in a show that everyone really needs to see.