Nicola Coughlan Is 37 Years Old. But She’s Still Been Told To Lie About Her Age.

Nicola Coughlan was 31 when she got her first big breakout role as Clare Devlin in Derry Girls. It was a long time coming for the actor who grew up in a village near Galway on Ireland’s west coast. Coughlan’s career really began to pick up in her 30s, as the lead in Big Mood, in a brief appearance in Barbie as ‘Diplomat Barbie’, and she will soon be guest-starring in one of the UK’s greatest television exports, Doctor Who. But of course, Coughlan’s biggest rise to fame has come from the Netflix show we all know and love — Bridgerton.