Nicola Coughlan felt like a failure before she landed her big break
'Bridgerton' star Nicola Coughlan has admitted she felt like a total failure before she landed her big break - admitting she saw herself as a "loser" when her acting career didn't take off.
Nicola Coughlan felt like a failure before she landed her big break.
The actress shot to fame in Channel 4 sitcom 'Derry Girls' when it launched back in 2018 before landing a starring role in Netflix's huge romantic drama 'Bridgerton' but she had previously been living with her parents and working part-time in an opticians because her acting career had stalled and it made her feel like a "loser".
She told the Guardian newspaper: "Just before I turned 30 and got 'Derry Girls', I was living back at home. I had a two-day-a-week job at an optician.
"I was like, ‘I’ve failed at this. I’m a loser. It’s just not happening for me.’ It was a really ... tough time."
Nicola's next role is in comedy series 'Big Mood' which is described as a humorous portrayal of millennial life in London, and the actress admits she can see parallels between her own life and the thirtysomething best friends portrayed in the show.
She added: "My friends from back home in [Ireland] are married and have ‘normal’ jobs and kids.
"Then my friends in London are more what you see in 'Big Mood'. There are lots of different ways of being in your 30s.
"But also, the [stuff] that’s cute in your 20s is a lot less cute in your 30s. You have to start figuring yourself out."
