What Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan Looks Like Makeup-Free
Netflix's steamy regency romp "Bridgerton" has been enchanting audiences since its release in 2020. The show, based on Julia Quinn's "Bridgerton" novels, follows each of the siblings from the Bridgerton family as they find love and deal with the emotional hurdles that come with that. Actor Nicola Coughlan has been playing Penelope Featherington since Season 1, but in Season 3, she got her chance to step into the leading lady role when Penelope and Luke Newton's character Colin Bridgerton discover their friendship is something more.
Coughlan went makeup-free at the start of a May 2024 video with Vogue, where the "Derry Girls" actor showed off her skincare and makeup routine. Her skin was glowing even before she began the routine. Coughlan, who has had a stunning transformation, opened up about dealing with acne as a younger person, before explaining her theory on why she thinks she has healthy skin.
"But I also grew up in Galway, in the west of Ireland, and it is so rainy there," Coughlan said. "Like we never see sunlight. People think I'm kidding when I say that, but I do think that had a huge, huge effect on ... my skin, you know, staying relatively healthy." Coughlan also applied sunscreen during the video and said not having money to throw around in her '20s before she was famous may have helped her skin, since she didn't go on holidays to sunny destinations. "But yeah, it is not worth the suntan," Coughlan added. "It's not."
Coughlan has shared one of her favorite beauty brands
In a short E! News clip uploaded to TikTok in May 2024, Nicola Coughlan was asked about her skincare and mentioned her upbringing's contribution to her skin once more. She first gave the Tatcha beauty brand a shout-out. "I love it," she said. "And lots of water and sleep. Also growing up without sunshine." Coughlan then laughed and added, "Growing up in the west of Ireland."
Two of the products in Coughlan's Vogue video were from Tatcha: a skin cream and a lip mask. Coughlan has also posted advertisements for their products on Instagram. For example, also in May 2024, Coughlan shared a video of her end-of-the-day routine featuring multiple Tatcha products.
Fans remarked about Coughlan's beautiful skin. One "Bridgerton" fan commented on Coughlan's Tatcha video and said, "The whole 4 [episodes] I was staring at her skin thinking how the hell does that even come about," with a crying and heart-eyes emoji. Another fan commented, "I mean ... Her bare face? That woman is perfect!" For more on the actor, check out the other Netflix role Coughlan didn't get.