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. 니컬라 코클런(1987년생, Galway, Ireland) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 고트: 더 레전드, 머나먼나무의 숨겨진 비밀, National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World가 있으며, 그 외에도 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, 레이트 나이트 위드 세스 마이어스, The Kelly Clarkson Show, 그레이엄 노튼쇼, 브리저튼, Doctors, 바비, Would I Lie to You?, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, 데리 걸스, '벨벳 토끼' - The Velveteen Rabbit, 할롯 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 고트: 더 레전드에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2027년 찰리 vs 초콜릿 공장에서 (voice) 역을 맡았다. 2026년 National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World에서 Pegeen Mike 역을 맡았다. 2026년 머나먼나무의 숨겨진 비밀에서 Silky 역을 맡았다.