
Whatever Nicola Coughlan touches turns to gold. First, it was her breakout role in the barnstorming Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls, which propelled her and the show to national treasure status.
Then came her turn as the prim and coiffured debutante Penelope Featherington in the wildly successful Netflix hit Bridgerton (a role she is due to reprise in May, as the central love interest of Colin Bridgerton, at last).