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COUGHLAN Nicola

COUGHLAN
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Irish actress

  • Date of Birth: 9 January 1987
  • Age: 39 years old
  • In the rating: #31 Actress

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Nicola Mary Coughlan is an Irish actress. She is 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).

Career

Early work (2004–2017)

At the age of 10, in 1997, Nicola Coughlan had an uncredited role in action thriller film My Brother's War. In 2004, she started her career with a role in Tom Collins’ short film, The Phantom Cnut, a revenge comedy. In the following years, she did various voice works in animated series. At some point, due to financial difficulties, Coughlan had to go back to Ireland. She was suffering from depression during this period and her family helped her through the entire process. She worked part-time at an optician in Galway. She responded to an open casting call for Jess and Joe Forever at The Old Vic in London and won the main role of Jess. The first performance was in September 2016 prior to a national tour.

Breakthrough (2018–present)

In 2018, Coughlan began playing Clare Devlin, one of the main characters, in Derry Girls. This sitcom is set in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s. The series was broadcast in January and February 2018 on Channel 4. But it was after its rerelease onto streaming platform Netflix in December of the same year that the show gained an international audience and an instant popularity.

In the same year, she also played Hannah Dalton in Harlots. The period drama television series is set in 18th-century London. 2018 marked her West End debut in The Donmar Warehouse's production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The Evening Standard named her "one of the Rising Stars of 2018". The same year, she competed against some of her Derry Girls co-stars in an episode of the show The Great British Bake Off.

In 2019, it was announced that Coughlan had been cast in the Netflix series Bridgerton, which premiered in December 2020. In this period-drama series based on the best-selling Julia Quinn book series of the same name, Coughlan plays Penelope Featherington, a reluctant debutante and youngest daughter of a nouveau-riche family in Regency-era London.

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Date of Birth 9 January 1987
Age 39 years old
Capricorn Zodiac sign Capricorn Capricorn - proud and independent Capricorns in themselves are quite an energetic sign, but, nevertheless, passive, therefore they spend themselves on chasing something big, but rather try to keep what they already have. We are talking here not only…
Rabbit Chinese horoscope Rabbit Rabbit - charm and kindness The rabbit is usually cautious, judicious and restrained. People born in the Year of the Rabbit want to live in peace and comfort and protect their peaceful life. Rabbits are extremely gentle creatures - they symbolize ch…
Raven Slavic horoscope Raven The Raven chertog in the Svarog circle carries a distinct rhythm of character, totem strength, and life task. People born in this hall often recognize themselves through ties to nature, kin, and patronage.
Amun-Ra Egyptian horoscope Amun-Ra The Egyptian sign of Amun-Ra reflects divine patronage and a particular season of character in the ancient calendar. People born under this deity often feel motives early and carry a recognizable moral gravity.
Birch Druid horoscope Birch The Birch is the Celtic sign of renewal, honest beginnings and quiet resilience. Born between 24 December and 20 January, Birch people often lead fresh starts and help others begin again.
Dhanu Indian horoscope Dhanu The Vedic rashi Dhanu carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.
Gentian Flower horoscope Gentian The flower talisman Gentian reflects character through nature’s calendar — sensitivity, aesthetic sense, and seasonal rhythm shape daily choices.
Capricorn — 3rd decan Decan horoscope Capricorn — 3rd decan Born in the Capricorn — 3rd decan period, people often show a sharper flavor of their sign: faster or slower, bolder or more reflective, yet always recognizable by birth date.

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