Nicola Coughlan

I don't like resting on my laurels.

— Nicola Coughlan

Fame is a weird thing.

— Nicola Coughlan

Kate Spade bags are such It bags.

— Nicola Coughlan

I was a huge Barbie fan as a little girl.

— Nicola Coughlan

I absolutely love mascara. I always have.

— Nicola Coughlan

I have an allergy to difficult people. I've literally had stress rash from them.

— Nicola Coughlan

It took me until I was 30 to get a good job on television.

— Nicola Coughlan

All I care about is doing good acting and being judged on that.

— Nicola Coughlan

I believe strongly that everyone needs to do a year in retail.

— Nicola Coughlan

I'm sort of pro celebrities for celebrities' sake.

— Nicola Coughlan

As part of my brain-rot lifestyle, I do watch a lot of TikTok.

— Nicola Coughlan

Not a lot of men are super comfortable with very successful women.

— Nicola Coughlan

Real life is not Disney, where there's the goodies and the baddies.

— Nicola Coughlan

I know I'm not alone; women in my industry are put under constant scrutiny for their looks.

— Nicola Coughlan

I worked a million different jobs, lived in different places, lived in terrible house shares with mould on the walls.

— Nicola Coughlan

I think less so now in the industry, but that was a big thing, actors going method, throwing chairs. And I'm like…

— Nicola Coughlan

Even though it's a chain, I love Wahaca. I used to go there when I was auditioning in London and didn't know…

— Nicola Coughlan

When we were filming the first series of 'Derry Girls,' I worried whether people would like it.

— Nicola Coughlan

I think that's the way forward and how we'll break through boundaries in this industry - women buoy other women up.

— Nicola Coughlan

I'm very lucky to get to use my body to become all these fascinating women. But the prism through which my body…

— Nicola Coughlan

When something's good, there's a certain weird... not electricity, but something like that.

— Nicola Coughlan

Part of what I love about being an actor is I get to become that character and not impose any of my…

— Nicola Coughlan

I try to do a massage once a week, or every two weeks, when I can. I'm not very good at meditating…

— Nicola Coughlan

Getting nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award is a really special one, honestly, because to be acknowledged by your peers and…

— Nicola Coughlan

So much television allows for, even centres on, deeply flawed male characters, far less so women. Would anyone give a note asking…

— Nicola Coughlan

Because I come from a background in theater and doing little fringe plays, and wondering if 20 people would come to see…

— Nicola Coughlan

I always think as actors, we have the privilege of going to red carpet events and dressing up and having glam teams.…

— Nicola Coughlan

I've always been fascinated by how inherently nosy people are, and how we've always had this thirst for gossip. There's this widespread…

— Nicola Coughlan

I used to be obsessed with 'The Wizard of Oz.' And I'd watch it - and I was only four, so I…

— Nicola Coughlan

I love when you watch a piece of television, and it just blows your mind.

— Nicola Coughlan

Make-up for me is a form of self-care and form of self-expression as well.

— Nicola Coughlan

There is always someone out there who cares about you, just reach out.

— Nicola Coughlan

I really feel like audiences are a lot smarter than people give them credit for.

— Nicola Coughlan

All my life, I feel like I'm a competition winner. Like - how did I end up here?

— Nicola Coughlan

Sustainable fashion can mean something amazing.

— Nicola Coughlan

Prioritizing my mental health is of the utmost importance to me. I try to focus on moments of joy.

— Nicola Coughlan

Everyone can relate to that first crush though, how it just destroys your heart and takes over your entire world.

— Nicola Coughlan

My twenties were such a struggle - it's really hard not to be doing the thing that you want so desperately.

— Nicola Coughlan

I think female friends, friendships of any kind, just deserve more representation because the impact they have on our lives are huge.

— Nicola Coughlan

It's certainly been a lesson; the way for me, I guess, to counteract impostor syndrome is just work really hard and just…

— Nicola Coughlan