Nicola Coughlan
Born in Galway, Ireland — Jan 09 1987
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…
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Olivia Burke (voice)
Bridgerton
Penelope Featherington
Doctors
Marie Callaghan
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Barbie
Barbie
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
Derry Girls
Clare Devlin
Harlots
Hannah Dalton
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Guest
The Magic Faraway Tree
Silky
Saturday Night Live UK
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Fairytaler
voice
Big Mood
Maggie
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Self
The Velveteen Rabbit
Playroom Fairy (voice)
Ivan the Incredible
Lottie -English (voice)
Seize Them!
Humble Joan
An Audience with Kylie
Self
Svengali
Club Girl
Legends of Valhalla: Thor
Edda (voice)
My Brother's War
Little Girl
Dodger Special: Coronation
Queen Victoria
Summer of the Flying Saucer
Janis Voice
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Pegeen Mike
The Phantom Cnut
Katie