Nicola Coughlan

Personal context

Summary

Nicola Coughlan is an Irish actor known for Derry Girls, Bridgerton, and Big Mood. Her roles include comic and complex women, and she has spoken against reducing women to their appearance. Her public record includes campaigning for marriage equality in Ireland, supporting Northern Ireland’s abortion rights movement, and working with the Rainbow Project while preparing to play a lesbian character. She has also raised funds for LGBTQ youth and trans-led organizations and for Gaza relief, and publicly called for a ceasefire, aid to Gaza, and an end to arms sales to Israel.