British actress Michaela Coel proved her versatility with her first critically acclaimed series I May Destroy You. She wrote and produced that show in partnership with BBC and HBO. So it makes sense that she’d return to the heavy hitters for her next project.

Coel will star in, write and executive produce a new series First Day on Earth for the networks, according to Variety. The show is set in Ghana where British novelist Henri travels for a new job and a chance to connect with her estranged father, per the show’s official synopsis. But as those things go, once Henri arrives in Africa, she finds the reality is much different than what she expected.

“We’re delighted and feel extremely lucky that Michaela chose to bring her brilliant new show to us, after the extraordinary experience we had working together on I May Destroy You,” Phil Clarke and Alberto Troni of Various Artists said in a statement. They are executive producers on this project along with A24.

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“Yet again, Michaela delivers a highly original, singular story that explores the relationship between England and Ghana via a second-generation British-Ghanaian woman who takes up the opportunity to return to the homeland of her parents and finds herself encountering a cast of memorable characters and experiences that force her to face some painful home truths. But as ever with Michaela, it is by turns shocking, funny and unforgettable, and done in her inimitable style.”

In 2021, Coel won an Emmy for writing for I May Destroy You, one of two the show received out of nine nominations. She has also acted in the series Chewing Gum, in Black Panther: WakandaForever, and Monsters: Dark Continent and in episodes of Top Boy and Dark Mirror along with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith reboot.

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Filming for First Day on Earth is expected to begin in 2025.

“I am delighted to be working with VAL, HBO and the BBC again, and to partner with A24; thanks to all of their combined taste, care and expertise, I feel our show is in great hands,” Coel said. “‘First Day on Earth is another very personal story for me which I hope will engage viewers from all over the world, and I can’t wait for audiences to go on Henri’s journey with her.”

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