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Nicola Coughlan

1987 - Today

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Nicola Mary Coughlan (; born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in Channel 4's sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in Netflix's Bridgerton (2020–present). She earned a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for playing Penelope in the third series of Bridgerton and received a British Academy Television Awards nomination for her role as Maggie Donovan in Big Mood (2024–present). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Nicola Coughlan is the 10,607th most popular actor (up from 11,424th in 2024), the 435th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 447th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Irish Actor.

Nicola Coughlan is an Irish actress best known for her role as Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix period drama Bridgerton. She has gained widespread recognition and acclaim for her comedic timing and lovable portrayal of the witty and gossipy Penelope in the popular Shondaland series.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nicola Coughlan ranks 10,607 out of 13,578. Before her are Minna Aaltonen, Takako Fuji, Natasha O'Keeffe, Neus Asensi, Amal Ayouch, and Sushant Singh Rajput. After her are Lee Tracy, Hazal Filiz Küçükköse, Minori Chihara, Pascal Elbé, Gabriel Basso, and Kathleen Beller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Nicola Coughlan ranks 424. Before her are Max Gradel, Yekaterina Lisina, Charlotte Wessels, Jesse McCartney, Abdulrahman Al-Jassim, and Luigi Datome. After her are Alice Belaïdi, Ersan İlyasova, Hillal Soudani, Yevhen Khacheridi, Marija Šestić, and Ivan Franjic.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Nicola Coughlan ranks 435 out of 549. Before her are Pat Condell (1949), Devon Murray (1988), Tommy Byrne (1958), Mary Black (1955), John Moore (1970), and Ronnie Whelan (1961). After her are Kevin McBride (1973), Francis Magee (1959), Angela Farrell (1952), Denise Gough (1980), Emma Donoghue (1969), and Eve Hewson (1991).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Nicola Coughlan ranks 69. Before her are A. J. Buckley (1977), Dominique McElligott (1986), Allen Leech (1981), Creighton Hale (1882), Dylan Moran (1971), and Devon Murray (1988). After her are Francis Magee (1959), Denise Gough (1980), Eve Hewson (1991), Sarah Bolger (1991), Eoin Macken (1983), and Elaine Cassidy (1979).

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