Nicola Coughlan
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Acting Credits
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, Irel...
Known For
Filmography
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Silky
GOAT
2026
as Olivia Burke (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
2026
as Pegeen Mike
Seize Them!
2024
as Humble Joan
Big Mood
2024
as Maggie
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
as Self - Guest
Barbie
2023
as Barbie
The Velveteen Rabbit
2023
as Playroom Fairy (voice)
An Audience with Kylie
2023
as Self
Dodger Special: Coronation
2023
as Queen Victoria
The Netflix Afterparty
2021
as Self
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
as Guest
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021
as Self
Bridgerton
2020
as Penelope Featherington
Bridgerton
2020
as Penelope Bridgerton
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Derry Girls
2018
as Clare Devlin
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017
as Self
Harlots
2017
as Hannah Dalton
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Svengali
2013
as Club Girl
Ivan the Incredible
2012
as Lottie -English (voice)
Legends of Valhalla: Thor
2011
as Edda (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Summer of the Flying Saucer
2008
as Janis Voice
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Phantom Cnut
2004
as Katie
The Fairytaler
2004
as voice
Doctors
2000
as Marie Callaghan
My Brother's War
1997
as Little Girl