Acting credits
30
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Nicola Coughlan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 13Series: 17
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 - 2026
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q38769353
Also known as
니콜라 커그랜 • 尼古拉·考夫蘭 • ニコラ・コークラン • 니컬라 코클런 • 尼古拉·歌芙蘭 • Нікола Коглан • Нікола Коглен • Нікола Коґлан • ניקולה קוקלן • نيكولا كوفلان • +1 more
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.
May 28
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
as Pegeen Mike
2026 Movie
Mar 26
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Silky
2026 Movie
7.2
GOAT
as Olivia Burke (voice)
2026 Movie
5.4
Seize Them!
as Humble Joan
2024 Movie
6.8
An Audience with Kylie
as Self
2023 Movie
10.0
Dodger Special: Coronation
as Queen Victoria
2023 Movie
7.1
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Playroom Fairy (voice)
2023 Movie
6.9
Barbie
as Barbie
2023 Movie
5.3
Svengali
as Club Girl
2013 Movie
5.5
Ivan the Incredible
as Lottie -English (voice)
2012 Movie
5.4
Legends of Valhalla: Thor
as Edda (voice)
2011 Movie
Summer of the Flying Saucer
as Janis Voice
2008 Movie
4.7
My Brother's War
as Little Girl
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nicola Coughlan.
5.8
Big Mood
as Maggie • 6 eps
2024 Series
5.4
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.0
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
as Guest • 1 eps
2021 Series
5.7
The Netflix Afterparty
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.1
Bridgerton
as Penelope Featherington • 24 eps
2020 Series
7.1
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.1
Derry Girls
as Clare Devlin • 19 eps
2018 Series
5.3
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Harlots
as Hannah Dalton • 7 eps
2017 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 3 eps
2007 Series
7.3
The Fairytaler
as voice • 31 eps
2004 Series
4.7
Doctors
as Marie Callaghan • 1 eps
2000 Series