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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 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 and Classical Civilisation from the National University of Ireland, Galway. She then went on to train in England at the Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting.

Known For

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Pegeen Mike

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

2026

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Silky

The Magic Faraway Tree

2026

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Olivia Burke (voice)

GOAT

2026

5.4

Humble Joan

Seize Them!

2024

5.8

Maggie

Big Mood

2024

5.4

Self - Guest

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

2024

6.8

Self

An Audience with Kylie

2023

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Queen Victoria

Dodger Special: Coronation

2023

7.1

Playroom Fairy (voice)

The Velveteen Rabbit

2023

6.9

Barbie

Barbie

2023

Credits

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

as Pegeen Mike

2026

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The Magic Faraway Tree

as Silky

2026

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GOAT

as Olivia Burke (voice)

2026

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Seize Them!

as Humble Joan

2024

5.4

Big Mood

as Maggie

2024

5.8

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

as Self - Guest

2024

5.4

An Audience with Kylie

as Self

2023

6.8

Dodger Special: Coronation

as Queen Victoria

2023

10.0

The Velveteen Rabbit

as Playroom Fairy (voice)

2023

7.1

Barbie

as Barbie

2023

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Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

as Guest

2021

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The Netflix Afterparty

as Self

2021

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Taskmaster’s New Year Treat

as Self

2021

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Bridgerton

as Penelope Featherington

2020

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RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Guest Judge

2019

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

2019

6.3

Derry Girls

as Clare Devlin

2018

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The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

as Self

2017

5.3

Harlots

as Hannah Dalton

2017

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

2014

5.3

Svengali

as Club Girl

2013

5.3

Ivan the Incredible

as Lottie -English (voice)

2012

5.5

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

2009

5.1

Summer of the Flying Saucer

as Janis Voice

2008

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Would I Lie to You?

as Self

2007

7.8

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007

7.2

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The Phantom Cnut

as Katie

2004

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My Brother's War

as Little Girl

1997

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