Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Nicola Coughlan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
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Movies: 13Series: 20
TMDB ID: 1267240
IMDb ID: nm1965552
Known for: Acting
Born: January 9, 1987
Age: 39
Place of birth: Galway, Ireland
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1997 - 2027
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q38769353
Also known as
Nicola Mary Coughlan
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, 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nicola Coughlan.
Nov 5, 2027
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
as (voice)
2027 Movie
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
as Pegeen Mike
2026 Movie
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Silky
2026 Movie
GOAT
as Olivia Burke (voice)
2026 Movie
Seize Them!
as Humble Joan
2024 Movie
An Audience with Kylie
as Self
2023 Movie
Dodger Special: Coronation
as Queen Victoria
2023 Movie
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Playroom Fairy (voice)
2023 Movie
Barbie
as Barbie
2023 Movie
Svengali
as Club Girl
2013 Movie
Ivan the Incredible
as Lottie -English (voice)
2012 Movie
Summer of the Flying Saucer
as Janis Voice
2008 Movie
My Brother's War
as Little Girl
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nicola Coughlan.
Saturday Night Live UK
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
2026 Series
Big Mood
as Maggie • 6 eps
2024 Series
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2024 Series
Only Murders in the Building
1 eps
2021 Series
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
as Guest • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Netflix Afterparty
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
Bridgerton
as Penelope Featherington • 24 eps
2020 Series
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Derry Girls
as Clare Devlin • 19 eps
2018 Series
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Harlots
as Hannah Dalton • 7 eps
2017 Series
Movies with Ali Plumb
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 3 eps
2007 Series
The Fairytaler
as voice • 31 eps
2004 Series
Doctors
as Marie Callaghan • 1 eps
2000 Series