Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan looks worlds away from her Bridgerton character Penelope Featherington as she’s spotted in East London filming scenes for her new Channel 4 series
Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan has been spotted in East London filming her her first role since playing Penelope Featherington in the hit Netflix series.
The Irish actress, 36, looks almost unrecognisable in her latest role as she was pictured shooting scenes on an electric scooter in London on Friday.
Nicola is currently shooting scenes for her new Channel 4 series, called Big Mood, which is a portrayal of female friendship when infiltrated by the complexities of a serious mental illness.
Donning a headscarf, oversized sunglasses and a matching red velvet tracksuit set, Nicola looked worlds away from her Bridgerton character who is loved for her glamorous and eccentric dresses and beehive hairdos.
Also shooting scenes was Nicola’s body double who was dressed in the same outlandish ensemble while the actress whizzed around the street on the electric scooter.
The talented actress is best recognised for her notorious roles on-screen – from a Catholic schoolgirl to the daughter of Lord and Lady Featherington.
Nicola, who plays Clare Devlin in the side-splitting Channel 4 comedy series Derry Girls, enjoys a life that’s world’s apart from her portrayals on-screen.
She started as an aspiring actress trying to make her way in Hollywood and on the brink of her finances as she struggled to make ends meet.
However, things have drastically changed now as Nicola’s career has really taken off and now she has amassed an incredible fortune of approximately £1.6m, according to AgeNetWorth.
Nicola has some incredible roles under her belt, including Penelope Featherington in Netflix’s smash hit series, Bridgerton.
Although the talented actress has amassed a huge level of fame by becoming a household name – it comes with its side effects.
The actress recently explained that people stare at her wherever she goes now that she stars in the Netflix hit – which quickly became the streaming platform’s biggest show ever with 80 million people tuning in.
Nicola previously joked that being famous makes her feel like ‘a dog on the Tube’.
Last year, she told Elle UK: “Being famous is like being a dog on the Tube.
“It’s exactly the same energy. When you get on, everyone looks at you.
“Some people are so smiley, while some are afraid of you and don’t want to go near.
“Some people touch you without asking. I can still do the things I want to do, obviously, but it is different.
“I went to the pub with my friend a while back and it was like being an animal at the zoo.
“People just watching and looking.”
