What about ye? Well this Derry Girl’s got a new role
IT’S the TV comedy hit of 2018 – and one of its stars is already reaping the rewards.
Derry Girls actress Nicola Coughlan, who is actually a Galway girl by birth, has landed a new role opposite Hollywood star Liv Tyler in the second series of British period drama Harlots.
And it’s a double celebration for Nicola given that Derry Girls was recently recommissioned by Channel 4 for a second series following its hugely popular debut season.
The actress broke the news of her latest role to her fans on Twitter, writing: ‘I GOT NEWS!! Still pinching myself but I’m so, so excited to tell you all I’m currently filming @harlotsonhulu alongside Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, & Liv Tyler (to name but a few of the incredible women on this show). It’s been a dream and I’m so excited for you to see it!’
The first season of the period drama, which debuted on ITV Encore in the UK and on Hulu in the US in March 2017, followed the story of Margaret Wells, who runs a brothel in 18th century England. Starring Oscar-nominated Samantha Morton and Downton Abbey’s Lady Sybil, Jessica Brown Findlay, the tale is inspired by The Covent Garden Ladies by author Hallie Rubenhold. A second series has been commissioned and is expected to hit screens later in 2018.
Galway native Nicola, an Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting graduate, will join Liv Tyler – who has signed on to play the aristocratic social-butterfly Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam – in the cast.
It has yet to be revealed which character Nicola will play in the drama, but it will no doubt be a far cry from the book-loving, energy drink-swilling Derry schoolgirl, Clare
The actress made headlines recently after fans of the Channel 4 show realised that she was in fact aged 31 despite so convincingly playing a fresh-faced teenager.
Derry Girls tells the story of Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla (Louisa Harland), Clare (Nicola) and Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) as they navigate secondary school in the Nineties in Derry,
Lisa McGee’s comedic creation deals with the Troubles and the sectarian divide while hurtling along to a stellar retro soundtrack.