Nicola Coughlan
Acting
Born: 1987-01-09 in 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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Bridgerton
Penelope Featherington
Bridgerton
Penelope Bridgerton
GOAT
Olivia Burke (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
Doctors
Marie Callaghan
Barbie
Barbie
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Harlots
Hannah Dalton
Derry Girls
Clare Devlin
The Magic Faraway Tree
Silky
Saturday Night Live UK
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live UK
Self - Host
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Self
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self
The Fairytaler
voice
The Velveteen Rabbit
Playroom Fairy (voice)
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Guest
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Pegeen Mike
The Netflix Afterparty
Self
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Self - Guest
Ivan the Incredible
Lottie -English (voice)
Big Mood
Maggie
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Self
Seize Them!
Humble Joan
Untitled Roald Dahl Series
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
(voice)
An Audience with Kylie
Self
Svengali
Club Girl
Summer of the Flying Saucer
Janis Voice
My Brother's War
Little Girl
Dodger Special: Coronation
Queen Victoria