My 20s were crazy tough. I was broke all of the time. If I wanted to buy a coffee, I'd be terrified my card would get rejected. It was all that stress.
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Nicola Coughlan
Profession:
Actress
Born:
January 9, 1987
Nationality:
Irish
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I've had the privilege of wearing so many incredible costumes on 'Bridgerton,' especially in season three.
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I was a huge Barbie fan as a little girl.
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I had these grand notions that I wanted to go off and be an actor... I was always roping my friends into making my own movies and plays.
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All my life, I feel like I'm a competition winner. Like - how did I end up here?
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RuPaul told me I was funny, so I can die happy now.
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I love a dark, moody drama as much as the next person, but there was a real gap for something like 'Bridgerton.' We certainly didn't think it was going to be the No 1 show on Netflix... How do you process that? You don't, I think, is the answer.
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I always want to do my best job and not let people down, and it's wild being on a show that has hundreds of millions of viewers around the world.
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I remember in my late 20s, early 30s, when people would start getting engaged and having babies and you go, 'but what does that mean for us?' It's a selfish thing, but you also just love your friend. You don't want to lose that version of them.
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I think less so now in the industry, but that was a big thing, actors going method, throwing chairs. And I'm like 'who's that for, though?'
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There's a real danger in writing or acting as therapy because if you've ever been on-screen with someone or on stage or worked with a writer that is trying to work through issues, it's a mess. No matter what you're trying to deal with, I think you have to be removed enough from it to deal with it because otherwise it can just be a disaster.
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I thought, 'What if you get the job you think you've always wanted and it doesn't fulfill you?' But it really does. That will never not be a privilege for me.
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Because I come from a background in theater and doing little fringe plays, and wondering if 20 people would come to see it, I think that hunger and fear don't leave you. I'll always have that motivation and drive to be like, 'Please come and see my play.'
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Sustainable fashion can mean something amazing.
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Getting nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award is a really special one, honestly, because to be acknowledged by your peers and people you admire so much feels extra special.
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I love when you watch a piece of television, and it just blows your mind.
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I think Michaela Coel is such a visionary and she's someone that you're always so excited to see what she's going to do next.
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In the beginning, when 'Derry Girls' came out, it was a success very quickly which was amazing but I was terrified to go to events and dress up. I just thought, 'oh god, you're going to be so judged,' so I threw on whatever from my wardrobe but I never felt fully confident.
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I worked a million different jobs, lived in different places, lived in terrible house shares with mould on the walls.
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My twenties were such a struggle - it's really hard not to be doing the thing that you want so desperately.
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I grew up Irish Catholic.
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It took me until I was 30 to get a good job on television.
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I used to be obsessed with 'The Wizard of Oz.' And I'd watch it - and I was only four, so I didn't know what it was - but I was like, I want that. I don't know what that is. But I want to do that.
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I just want to work with people who are considerate and open and just love what they do and want to make great things.
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I think television - not just television, the world - has been so male-centric for so long. And, like with anything, we just want something refreshing and new - let's just try that.
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Kate Spade bags are such It bags.
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I absolutely love mascara. I always have.
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The industry that I'm in, it's hard. There's a lot of scrutiny. People don't think of actors as freelancers, but we all are. We go from job to job. You do have to prove yourself again each time.
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As part of my brain-rot lifestyle, I do watch a lot of TikTok.
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You have to have a private life and know who you are.
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I oscillate between two things as a woman: It costs nothing to be nice, and women don't owe you niceness. Both of those things are true.
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You have to have a level of delusion to think, I can really sustain myself pretending to be other people.
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Fame is a weird thing.
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Andrew Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in 'Fleabag' were such a brilliant pairing.
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When I was 19, moving to San Francisco was my first time living away from home, and it had such a gorgeous energy.
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Even though it's a chain, I love Wahaca. I used to go there when I was auditioning in London and didn't know many people, so the staff got used to me coming in.
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Prioritizing my mental health is of the utmost importance to me. I try to focus on moments of joy.
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I always think a good accessory makes an outfit. If you're wearing a bad outfit but wearing a good bag, it takes it up a notch. A great handbag is like a little comfort blanket and helps me feel put-together.
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I'm very lucky to get to use my body to become all these fascinating women. But the prism through which my body is viewed is inescapable.
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I always like to buy something to mark an occasion for myself. It's a reminder of hard work, and it's lovely to look back on. When I wrapped the first season of 'Bridgerton,' it was this gorgeous, pink-quilted Kate Spade bag with a red heart on the front.
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When actors are big divas, I always think there was always a current of that in them.
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Every actor is so different - some are classically trained, and some just walked in off the street.
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I talk about this with my female friends in the industry all the time, how dangerous imposter syndrome is.
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I used to wear a 'Hamilton' hoodie to set because I so intensely adore the show.
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When 'Derry Girls' went out in 2018, it quickly became Channel 4's most successful comedy in 13 years, proving what I'd long suspected: that there was a hunger for stories about women and girls.
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When we were filming the first series of 'Derry Girls,' I worried whether people would like it.
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So much television allows for, even centres on, deeply flawed male characters, far less so women. Would anyone give a note asking that 'Breaking Bad's' Walter White, one of TV's best villains, be a little sweeter? Of course not.
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Something in our society tells us that women's bodies are fair game for scrutiny in a way that men's simply are not.
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I know I'm not alone; women in my industry are put under constant scrutiny for their looks.
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As an actor, your body is a gift.
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