Bridgerton Cast Penelope Featherington- Penelope Featherington’s character is played by Nicola Coughlan. She is an Irish actress and was born on 9 January 1987.
She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls (2018–) and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama d Bridgerton (2020–)
Bridgerton is an American streaming television period drama series created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes.
Bridgerton Cast Penelope Featherington
Nicola Coughlan plays Penelope Featherington the youngest daughter of Portia Featherington and best friend of Eloise Bridgerton. Nicola has also appeared as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
Julia Quinn gave the highest honor to Bridgerton Cast Penelope Featherington. Although Quinn created the character of Penelope Featherington through this the author reflects that Coughlan gave her life.
In the series, Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton is Penelope Featherington after her hidden identity was finally revealed in the closing moments of season one.
In the series her father died, leaving his wife and daughters with no money. In a devastating moment in the finale, Penelope overhears Colin telling his friends that he would never marry her. Penelope believes her love for Colin is fated to stay in crush mode.