Age: 39
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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.
Nicola Coughlan
Penelope Featherington
for Penelope Featherington in To Fix the Tender Gaze
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Aster Bridgerton was the diamond of her season, eight years before her sister Daphne, but she never entertained any suitors for long and never married. Many expected her to instead become a lady in waiting to her best friend, Princess Amelia, never knowing the truth of their love. <br><br> When Princess Amelia died, Aster was heartbroken, and three years later, she’s still grieving, but she agreed to come back to help Daphne through her season. Eventually, she meets Prince Augustus, who is in need of a legitimate heir but wants to continue his relationship with his mistress, and Lydia Balfour, governess to many of the princes’ illegitimate children. <br><br> Tired of explaining herself and in want of company, she agrees to marry Prince Augustus, hoping that his interest in his mistress will satisfy him once she produces an heir. However, during the wedding preparations, she finds herself spending more and more time with Lydia…
