Nicola Coughlan is an Irish actor, best known for starring as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton.
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Saturday Night Live UK (2026)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Nicola Coughlan / Foo Fighters (Apr 25, 2026)
- Episode 1x01: Tina Fey / Wet Leg (Mar 21, 2026)
Big Mood (2024)
Starring as Maggie
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Poppyseeds (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 2x05: Furlongs (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 2x04: Hands (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 2x03: Cubits (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 2x02: Fathoms (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 2x01: Leagues (Apr 16, 2026)
- Episode 1x06: The Great Beyond (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: The Edge (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: The Middle (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Deeper (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Down (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Up (Mar 28, 2024)
Rob Beckett's Smart TV (2024)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 1x02: Natasia Demetriou, Daniel Mays, Nicola Coughlan, Richard Ayoade (Mar 7, 2024)
Live with Kelly & Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 2x179: Michelle Buteau, Nicola Coughlan (May 15, 2024)
Dodger (2022)
Guest starring as Queen Victoria
- Episode S01 Special: Coronation (Nov 29, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-05-10: Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton (May 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-05: Kelsea Ballerini, Nicola Coughlan, Lydia West (Apr 5, 2024)
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (2021)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 1x04: David Baddiel, Nicola Coughlan and Darren Harriott (Feb 2, 2021)
Bridgerton (2020)
Starring as Penelope Featherington
(31 episodes)
- Episode 4x08: Dance in the Country (Feb 26, 2026)
- Episode 4x07: The Beyond (Feb 26, 2026)
- Episode 4x06: The Passing Winter (Feb 26, 2026)
- Episode 4x05: Yes or No (Feb 26, 2026)
- Episode 4x04: An Offer from a Gentleman (Jan 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x03: The Field Next to the Other Road (Jan 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x02: Time Transfixed (Jan 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x01: The Waltz (Jan 29, 2026)
- Episode 3x07: Joining of Hands (Jun 13, 2024)
- Episode 3x06: Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Jun 13, 2024)
- Episode 3x05: Tick Tock (Jun 13, 2024)
- Episode 3x04: Old Friends (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 3x03: Forces of Nature (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 3x02: How Bright the Moon (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 3x01: Out of the Shadows (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x08: The Viscount Who Loved Me (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x07: Harmony (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x06: The Choice (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x05: An Unthinkable Fate (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: Victory (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x03: A Bee in Your Bonnet (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x02: Off to the Races (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x01: Capital R Rake (Mar 25, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: After the Rain (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Oceans Apart (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: Swish (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: The Duke and I (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: An Affair of Honor (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Art of the Swoon (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Shock and Delight (Dec 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Diamond of the First Water (Dec 25, 2020)
GMA3 (2020)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 4x169: Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Hozier (May 13, 2024)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x177: Austin Butler, Chris Daughtry (Jun 23, 2022)
- Episode 3x163: Charithra Chandran, Nicola Coughlan, Adjoa Andoh, Joel Kim Booster, Adria Arjona (Jun 1, 2022)
- Episode 2x85: Justin Hartley, Nicola Coughlan (Feb 2, 2021)
I'll Get This: Extra Helping (2019)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Apr 21, 2020)
Derry Girls (2018)
Starring as Clare Devlin
(18 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: The Agreement (May 18, 2022)
- Episode 3x06: Halloween (May 17, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: The Haunting (May 3, 2022)
- Episode 3x03: Stranger on a Train (Apr 26, 2022)
- Episode 3x02: The Affair (Apr 19, 2022)
- Episode 3x01: The Night Before (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x06: The President (Apr 9, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: The Prom (Apr 2, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: The Curse (Mar 26, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: The Concert (Mar 19, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Ms. De Brún and the Child of Prague (Mar 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Across the Barricade (Mar 5, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Feb 8, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Feb 1, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Jan 25, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jan 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Jan 4, 2018)
The Crystal Maze (2016)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 3x05: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Dylan Llewellyn (Jul 6, 2018)
Taskmaster (2015)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode S10 Special: Taskmaster's New Year's Treat (Jan 1, 2021)
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (2014)
Guest starring as Panellist
- Episode 6x07: Episode 7 (Oct 11, 2019)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 2024-05-13: Jimmy Kimmel, Nicola Coughlan, Jon Theodore (May 13, 2024)
The Great British Bake Off (2010)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode S10 Special: The Great Festive Bake Off (Jan 1, 2020)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 21x56: Nicola Coughlan, Brittany Cartwright (Apr 2, 2024)
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 14x06: Sara Pascoe, Dan Walker, Nicola Coughlan, Mr. Motivator (Feb 8, 2021)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 33x09: Glenn Close, Alexander Skarsgård, Miriam Margolyes, Nicola Coughlan, Jessie J (Nov 28, 2025)
- Episode 32x11: Daniel Craig, Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Nicola Coughlan, FLO (Dec 13, 2024)
- Episode 28x10: Gal Gadot, Claudia Winkleman, Jennifer Saunders, Tessa Thompson, Nicola Coughlan, Lee Mack, McFly (Dec 11, 2020)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 2024-05-13: Luke Newton, Simone Ashley, Nicola Coughlan, Jimmy Kimmel, Kidz Bop (May 13, 2024)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Guest starring as Nicola Coughlan
- Episode 2024-09-15: The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards (Sep 15, 2024)