NICOLA COUGHLAN

Actress⎮Ireland

BiographY

Nicola Coughlan is most recognisable as Penelope Bridgerton/Lady Whistledown in Netflix’s record-breaking series, Bridgerton. Nicola was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role and Bridgerton was nominated in the Ensemble in a Drama Series Award.

Nicola is also well-known for her role as Clare Devlin in the award-winning hit comedy series, Derry Girls, set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s during the end of The Troubles.

Following this, Nicola played Diplomat Barbie in Greta Gerwig’s ground-breaking blockbuster, Barbie. Last year she starred in Big Mood opposite Lydia West. It’s just been announced that the critically acclaimed show will return for a highly anticipated second series. Nicola was most recently seen in the Doctor Who Christmas special.

She will next be seen as Silky the woodland fairy in the upcoming adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree alongside Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.