Bafta TV Awards honour multi-talented Michaela Coel for I May Destroy You

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Bafta TV Awards honour multi-talented Michaela Coel
for I May Destroy You



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after also winning Baftas for writing and directing her drama I May Destroy You.

Coel picked up the best actress prize as well as best mini-series at the Bafta TV
ceremony in London on Sunday.

It came two weeks after she won writing and directing prizes at the Bafta Craft Awards,
which reward backstage talent.

Sunday's other winners included Normal People's Paul Mescal, who was named best
actor, and dance group Diversity.

The troupe won the "must-see moment" award for their controversial Britain's Got
Talent routine, which reflected the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter
movement.

The routine was aired in September and made BGT the most complained-about TV
show of 2020 - but Diversity have now received a show of support by winning
the night's only category to be voted for by the public.

Ashley Banjo said it was "so much more than just an award". The period after
the broadcast was "a really dark time, being in the storm of 30,000 complaints,
just a torrent of like racially charged abuse threats", he told the Bafta audience.

He added: "This is what change looks like... So thank you all so, so much. Let's keep
having difficult conversations. Let's keep standing up for what's right, regardless of
the colour of our skin and we will achieve that equality."

Comedian Richard Ayoade hosted the event, with some nominees attending
the socially-distanced ceremony in person, while others accepted their awards
remotely.

Coel was honoured for creating, writing, directing, starring in and executive producing
I May Destroy You.

The 12-part drama about a woman attempting to remember and come to terms with
a sexual assault was inspired by something that happened to Coel herself.

She dedicated the best mini-series award to the show's crew, who were "the unsung
heroes who create everything you see, hear and feel".