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
Charlie vs. the Chocolate FactoryFilm · 2027 · as (voice)
GOATFilm · 2026 · as Olivia Burke (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western WorldFilm · 2026 · as Pegeen Mike
Saturday Night Live UKTV · 2026 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 episode
The Magic Faraway TreeFilm · 2026 · as Silky
Big MoodTV · 2024 · as Maggie · 6 episodes
Rob Beckett's Smart TVTV · 2024 · as Self - Guest · 1 episode
Seize Them!Film · 2024 · as Humble Joan
An Audience with KylieFilm · 2023 · as Self
BarbieFilm · 2023 · as Barbie
Dodger Special: CoronationFilm · 2023 · as Queen Victoria
The Velveteen RabbitFilm · 2023 · as Playroom Fairy (voice)
Rhod Gilbert's Growing PainsTV · 2021 · as Guest · 1 episode
Taskmaster’s New Year TreatTV · 2021 · as Self · 1 episode
The Netflix AfterpartyTV · 2021 · as Self · 1 episode
BridgertonTV · 2020 · as Penelope Featherington · 24 episodes
RuPaul's Drag Race UKTV · 2019 · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 episode
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV · 2019 · as Self · 1 episode
Derry GirlsTV · 2018 · as Clare Devlin · 19 episodes
HarlotsTV · 2017 · as Hannah Dalton · 7 episodes
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra SliceTV · 2017 · as Self · 1 episode
Movies with Ali PlumbTV · 2016 · as Self · 1 episode
Late Night with Seth MeyersTV · 2014 · as Self - Guest · 1 episode
SvengaliFilm · 2013 · as Club Girl
Ivan the IncredibleFilm · 2012 · as Lottie -English (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV · 2009 · as Self - Guest · 1 episode
Summer of the Flying SaucerFilm · 2008 · as Janis Voice
The Graham Norton ShowTV · 2007 · as Self · 3 episodes
Would I Lie to You?TV · 2007 · as Self · 1 episode
The FairytalerTV · 2004 · as voice · 31 episodes- The Phantom CnutFilm · 2004 · as Katie
DoctorsTV · 2000 · as Marie Callaghan · 1 episode
My Brother's WarFilm · 1997 · as Little Girl- Untitled Roald Dahl SeriesTV · Acting · 1 episode
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