Nicola Coughlan
Irish actress (born 1987)
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- Nicola Mary Coughlan ( ; born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress.
- She earned a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for playing Penelope in the third series of Bridgerton and received a British Academy Television Award nomination for her role as Maggie Donovan in Big Mood (2024–present).
- The youngest of four siblings, her father served in the Irish Army before dying in 2017, and her mother was a stay-at-home parent.
- She attended Scoil Mhuire Primary School and Calasanctius College.
- She went on to train in England at the Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting.
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WikipediaNicola Mary Coughlan (; born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton (2020–present). She earned a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for playing Penelope in the third series of Bridgerton and received a British Academy Television Award 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 nearby Oranmore. The youngest of four siblings, her father served in the Irish Army before dying in 2017, 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 went on to train in England at the Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting.
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