Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English media personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. Following a brief appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014), Collins has appeared in various television programmes including Celebrity Big Brother (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2018), and Dancing on Ice (2019). In 2019, she began starring in her own reality series and hosting a podcast on BBC Sounds.
Michaela Coel breaks silence over her LGBTQ+ role in Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
I May Destroy You star Michaela Coel has opened up about playing a queer character in Black Panther 2. In the highly anticipated Marvel film, Coel is set to play the legendary LGBTQ+ hero Aneka.
A former leader of the Dora Milaje – the team of elite warrior women sworn to protect Wakanda – the popular character has been romantically linked in the comics with Ayo, who is played by Florence Kasumba in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In a recent interview with Vogue, the Chewing Gum star revealed that she joined the film due to her character being part of the LGBTQ+ community. “That sold me on the role, the fact that my character’s queer,” she explained. “I thought, ‘I like that.