Nicola Coughlan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1987 (age 39)
- Birthplace
- Galway, Ireland
Biography
Nicola Mary Coughlan is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton. She earned a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for playing the lead role of Penelope Featherington in the third season of Bridgerton. Coughlan earned a British Academy Television Awards nomination for her role as Maggie Donovan in Big Mood (2024–present). Coughlan was born on 9 January 1987 in Galway, Ireland, and grew up in Oranmore. The youngest of three siblings, her father served in the Irish Army before passing away in 2016, and her mother was a stay-at-home parent. At the age of five, while watching her sister perform in a school play, Coughlan decided she wanted to become an actress. She attended Scoil Mhuire Primary School and Calasanctius College. She graduated with a degree in English and Classical Civilisation from the National University of Ireland, Galway. She then went on to train in England at the Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting.
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Filmography
Untitled Roald Dahl Series
TV · 1 ep
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
Movie · as (voice)
The Magic Faraway Tree
Movie · as Silky
GOAT
Movie · as Olivia Burke (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Movie · as Pegeen Mike
Saturday Night Live UK
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host · 1 ep
Seize Them!
Movie · as Humble Joan
Big Mood
TV · as Maggie · 6 eps
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Barbie
Movie · as Barbie
The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie · as Playroom Fairy (voice)
An Audience with Kylie
Movie · as Self
Dodger Special: Coronation
Movie · as Queen Victoria
The Netflix Afterparty
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
TV · as Guest · 1 ep
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bridgerton
TV · as Penelope Featherington, Penelope Bridgerton · 24 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Derry Girls
TV · as Clare Devlin · 19 eps
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Harlots
TV · as Hannah Dalton · 7 eps
Movies with Ali Plumb
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Svengali
Movie · as Club Girl
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Summer of the Flying Saucer
Movie · as Janis Voice
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Phantom Cnut
Movie · as Katie
Doctors
TV · as Marie Callaghan · 1 ep
My Brother's War
Movie · as Little Girl