Michaela Coel stuns Emmy audience with ‘I May Destroy You’ acceptance speech

Michaela Coel’s “I May Destroy You” was about picking up the pieces of your life and her stirring Emmys acceptance speech was an award-worthy sequel.

The British actress, who starred in, created and wrote the HBO series, won an Emmy for outstanding writing for a limited series and dedicated her win to “every single survivor of sexual assault.”

“Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that is uncomfortable. I dare you,” Coel said from the stage.

“In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others to help us better determine how we feel about ourselves, and to in turn still the need to be constantly visible, for visibility these days seems to somehow equate to success. Do not be afraid to disappear, from it, from us, for a while and see what comes to you in the silence.”

“I May Destroy You,” which is also up for outstanding limited series, follows millennial tweeter-turned-writer Arabella (Coel) as she attempts to piece together her sexual assault.