‘Bridgerton’ star Nicola Coughlan breaks silence on her ‘Doctor Who’ role

Nicola Coughlan is set to join the Doctor Who universe in upcoming Christmas special.

The actress, who recently made headlines with her role of Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, expressed her excitement to star in Doctor Who.

After her steamy scenes in Bridgerton, Coughlan says it’s “lovely” to be part of a “family-friendly” show.

“It’s been amazing. It’s been the busiest year of my life. I think we went to eight different countries on the Bridgerton press tour – but in a really lovely way, with two shows I’m so proud of,” she told The Radio Times.

Coughlan added, “And it feels really nice to end the year with Doctor Who. I’m getting to sit down with my family at Christmas to watch it. Very few things I do are actually family-friendly, so it’s really lovely to have one!”

Additionally, Coughlan revealed that she didn’t grow up watching Doctor Who, saying, “In my house in Ireland, we only had the two Irish channels, no BBC, so it wasn’t in my day-to-day.”

“When they asked me, I was super-keen. But when I tried to do the research, I thought ‘Oh my God… this is a full universe! I was kind of overwhelmed. But then I thought the thing to do would be just try to do my best acting and hopefully make the Who fans happy!” Coughlan added further.