Nicola Coughlan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.7495

Gender

Female

Birthday

09-Jan-1987

Age

(39 years old)

Place of Birth

Galway, Ireland

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
  • نیکولا کافلان

Nicola 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.


Credits

The Phantom Cnut The Phantom Cnut (2004) Character: Katie
A young woman gets her revenge.
GOAT GOAT (2026) Character: Olivia Burke (voice)
Will, a small goat with big dreams, gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will's new teammates aren't thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionize the sport and prove once and for all that 'smalls can ball'!
Dodger Special: Coronation Dodger Special: Coronation (2023) Character: Queen Victoria
Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.
Hetjur Valhallar - Þór Hetjur Valhallar - Þór (2011) Character: Edda (voice)
An over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants
Summer of the Flying Saucer Summer of the Flying Saucer (2008) Character: Janis Voice
It’s Ireland in 1967, when a flying saucer full of aliens lands on Dan’s farm. Dan falls in love with an alien girl and tries his best to make everybody believe that she and all the other aliens are humans.
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (2026) Character: Pegeen Mike
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene… Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.
The Magic Faraway Tree The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) Character: Silky
Soon after the Thompson family’s arrival in the countryside, the three children – Joe, Beth, and Fran – discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents, including Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot, and Saucepan Man. At the top of the tree, they're transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the Thompsons learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.
Gummi T Gummi T (2012) Character: Lottie -English (voice)
Poor Ivan Olsen is plagued by problems bullied at school and constantly pursued by a gang whose greatest pleasure is filling his pants with water. And when Ivan gets home, his dad doesn't have much sympathy for him either because he is crazy about Tarzan and fails to appreciate Ivan's finer qualities. But one day Ivan gets the chance to live up all of his dad's expectations and give the bullies at school a lesson they will never forget. The big question is whether having superpowers makes life any easier?
Barbie Barbie (2023) Character: Barbie
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Svengali Svengali (2013) Character: Club Girl
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…
My Brother's War My Brother's War (1997) Character: Little Girl
Two brothers carry out a deadly terrorist bombing, but only one pays the price - imprisonment for life. Years later, the jailed brother is offered a second chance at freedom, providing he helps capture his fugitive sibling.
The Velveteen Rabbit The Velveteen Rabbit (2023) Character: Playroom Fairy (voice)
When seven-year-old William receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, he discovers a lifelong friend and unlocks a world of magic.
Seize Them! Seize Them! (2024) Character: Humble Joan
An arrogant queen becomes a fugitive in her own land after being overthrown by a charismatic revolutionary and must face hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne.
An Audience with Kylie An Audience with Kylie (2023) Character: Self
Performing a selection of her greatest hits plus songs from her latest album ‘Tension’. There will also be some surprise collaborations and Kylie will take questions from the celebrity audience of friends, personal heroes, actors, musicians, artists, sportsmen and women.



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