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Nicola Coughlan

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
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1987
FromGalway, Ireland