- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1987
- Place of Birth
- Galway, Ireland
Nicola Coughlan
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 an…
Filmography
movieNational Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
2026 · Pegeen Mike
movieThe Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Silky
tvSaturday Night Live UK
2026 · Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host
movieGOAT
2026 · Olivia Burke (voice)
movieSeize Them!
2024 · Humble Joan
tvBig Mood
2024 · Maggie
tvRob Beckett's Smart TV
2024 · Self - Guest
movieAn Audience with Kylie
2023 · Self
movieDodger Special: Coronation
2023 · Queen Victoria
movieThe Velveteen Rabbit
2023 · Playroom Fairy (voice)
movieBarbie
2023 · Barbie
tvRhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021 · Guest
tvThe Netflix Afterparty
2021 · Self
tvTaskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021 · Self
tvBridgerton
2020 · Penelope Featherington, Penelope Bridgerton
tvRuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Guest Judge
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
tvDerry Girls
2018 · Clare Devlin
tvThe Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017 · Self
tvHarlots
2017 · Hannah Dalton
tvMovies with Ali Plumb
2016 · Self
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
movieSvengali
2013 · Club Girl
movieIvan the Incredible
2012 · Lottie -English (voice)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
movieSummer of the Flying Saucer
2008 · Janis Voice
tvWould I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvThe Fairytaler
2004 · voice
The Phantom Cnut
movieThe Phantom Cnut
2004 · Katie
tvDoctors
2000 · Marie Callaghan
movieMy Brother's War
1997 · Little Girl