If Penelope Featherington existed in today's world, she'd be repping a moody Tumblr peppered with vintage photos of Ferris wheels and poetic quotes with Lana Del Rey looping in the background. She's a walking contradiction, ever marrying whimsical, romantic ideals with paralyzing self-doubt and tragedy. Penelope's big hair is full of big secrets, one being that she's in love with her best friend's brother, Colin Bridgerton. Though Colin harbors nothing but platonic feelings for our dear Penelope. So relatable, that Pen.
Nicola Coughlan shared her similarities to Penelope with Who What Wear, lamenting, "I have definitely been that love-struck puppy. I have definitely seen the boy I liked dancing with other girls, and I remember that, and it's heart-wrenching. [Your] first love is so intoxicating and it takes over everything."
Coughlan is single, as of this writing, and the closet thing we could find to a relationship is her flirty friendship with "Derry Girls" costar Laurie Kynaston. In 2019, Coughlan told Joe that Kynaston "was so good and kind to [her]" during a scary scene. "Like, he was rubbing my back while I sobbed away from the camera! He's such a terrific actor and a really nice guy," Coughlan dished. Spicy. On top of that, Coughlan shared an on-set photo of the pair after that scene, locked in a sweet embrace. And prior to all of that, she tweeted encouragement to Kynaston for his performance in Sam Mendes' "Ferryman." Hey dude, are you getting these hints, or what?
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