Nicola Coughlan
Acting
Born: Jan 09, 1987
From: Galway, Ireland
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Magic Faraway Tree | Silky | 2026 | 6.3 |
| GOAT | Olivia Burke (voice) | 2026 | 7.9 |
| National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World | Pegeen Mike | 2026 | — |
| Seize Them! | Humble Joan | 2024 | 5.6 |
| Big Mood TV | Maggie | 2024 | 5.7 |
| Rob Beckett's Smart TV TV | Self - Guest | 2024 | 5.4 |
| Barbie | Barbie | 2023 | 6.926 |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | Playroom Fairy (voice) | 2023 | 7.007 |
| An Audience with Kylie | Self | 2023 | 6.8 |
| Dodger Special: Coronation | Queen Victoria | 2023 | 10.0 |
| The Netflix Afterparty TV | Self | 2021 | 5.667 |
| Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains TV | Guest | 2021 | 7.0 |
| Taskmaster’s New Year Treat TV | Self | 2021 | — |
| Bridgerton TV | Penelope Featherington | 2020 | 8.1 |
| Bridgerton TV | Penelope Bridgerton | 2020 | 8.1 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK TV | Self - Guest Judge | 2019 | 7.1 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self | 2019 | 6.4 |
| Derry Girls TV | Clare Devlin | 2018 | 8.108 |
| The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice TV | Self | 2017 | 5.3 |
| Harlots TV | Hannah Dalton | 2017 | 7.4 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self | 2014 | 5.2 |
| Svengali | Club Girl | 2013 | 5.3 |
| Ivan the Incredible | Lottie -English (voice) | 2012 | 5.4 |
| Legends of Valhalla: Thor | Edda (voice) | 2011 | 5.4 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV | Self - Guest | 2009 | 5.012 |
| Summer of the Flying Saucer | Janis Voice | 2008 | — |
| Would I Lie to You? TV | Self | 2007 | 7.8 |
| The Graham Norton Show TV | Self | 2007 | 7.2 |
| The Phantom Cnut | Katie | 2004 | 9.0 |
| My Brother's War | Little Girl | 1997 | 5.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1987 |
| From | Galway, Ireland |