The first performance was in September 2016 prior to a national tour. Whatever it is you do that has you staring into space and daydreaming so often.”, “I’m just thinking,” Penelope said quietly. The beauty of travel surely lay equally in the coming and the going. “He’s not the sort to be cruel. “What, do you think, are the chances she won’t use the party as an opportunity to find me a wife?”, “I thought so.” Anthony leaned back in his chair. Penelope’s first appearance in Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers went as follows: Miss Penelope Featherington’s unfortunate gown left the unfortunate girl looking like nothing more than an overripe citrus fruit. It was a rather foolish way to vent her anger, but the alternative was to jump to her feet and yell, What about me? “Really.”. More, actually. It was great to bring that to life and watch her sort of become more and more empowered as the show goes on." “He’s not even out of university.”, “Colin?” Eloise exploded with laughter. You needn’t actively look for a wife, but there’s no harm in remaining open to the possibility.”, Colin eyed the doorway, intending to pass through it very shortly. I am alone in this world save for my daughters, and it’s comforting to know that one of you shall be able to care for me in my older years.”. Anyway, she was walking through the front hall, listening to her feet tap along the marble tile as she saw herself out. [7] At some point, due to financial difficulties, Coughlan had to go back to Ireland. “There is that.”, “And,” Penelope added with great feeling, “Mr. Penelope had discovered a reason to dream. “That’s nothing, and you know it.”. “You have nothing to apologize for,” she said. It seems everyone has been somewhere but me.”, “And you,” Eloise agreed. Bliss!”, Eloise smiled at her friend, whose complexion turned the loveliest peaches and cream whenever she wore cooler hues. Lady Bridgerton’s intentions to see each and every one of her eight offspring happily married were legendary. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Portia didn’t seem to notice. well, it feels like forever. “Eventually, she’ll make a mistake. A rather stinging blow, to be sure, but nothing less than the truth. right onto the face of one of the riders. But lately Portia had been peppering her conversations with references to her old age and how lucky she was that Penelope could care for her. She and Eloise had been inseparable since the age of seventeen. “They’re not Catholics at all,” Penelope replied, giving up on the needlework and setting it aside. “She’ll be so relieved that Colin is back.”. Portia looked as if she wanted to say more, then thought the better of it. We shall have to set up a household together when we are thirty and truly crones.”, Penelope caught hold of the idea like a lifeboat. She’d thought they were done with that subject. “Is he?” Penelope asked, managing to feign (in her opinion) rather realistic indifference. Didn’t know you were in the park.”. As usual, Eloise had not been announced. and thank heavens I listened. “Thank goodness for you.”. Her mother had moved out of the Bridgertons’ official London residence after her eldest son had married. Then, in one of those inexplicable quirks of fate, the wind picked up quite suddenly and lifted her bonnet (which she had not tied properly, much to her mother’s chagrin, since the ribbon chafed under her chin) straight into the air and splat! Of course she did set A Brief History of Greece down behind Mathilda, the novel by S.R. Anthony nodded. Except, of course, that they were married now. “I live just around the corner.”. I hurt your feelings, and–”, “You are not going to marry me,” she said, her voice sounding very strange and hollow to her ears. However you may visit Cookie Settings to provide a controlled consent. “Why don’t you think Colin would marry Felicity?” Portia asked. It seemed even Lady Whistledown understood the futility of Penelope’s feelings for Colin. and fears she doesn't know him at all. Well, almost anything. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton. “Stranger things have happened.”. And in a testament to the bad timing that had plagued her throughout her life, the first voice she heard was Colin’s, and the words were not kind. This sitcom is set in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s. “Besides,” Portia continued blithely, “he’s” –she looked back down at Whistledown and scanned it for his exact age– “three-and-thirty! Travel. “I should have liked to have seen that.”, Anthony offered a rather satisfied smile. “Someone will eventually figure out who she is, don’t you think?”, “I don’t know.” Eloise put her hand on the doorknob, twisted, and pulled. Evening Standard named her as "one of the Rising Stars of 2018". In the Lady Whistledown columns you can find: Ned Blydon, Viscount Burwick (a secondary character in my first three novels and the hero of the novella ", Speaking of old characters, I almost killed off Lady Danbury in this book. Penelope had a vision of the future –the future as described by her mother– and she had a sudden urge to run out and marry the chimneysweep. A little sister.”. Eloise claimed that she hadn’t met the right person. All that time in the sun, I suppose.”, Eloise shook her head. . [19][20], On 26 June 2020, Coughlan and her fellow Derry Girls co-stars performed a sketch with Saoirse Ronan for the RTÉ fundraising special RTÉ Does Comic Relief. April of 1814 found Penelope back in London for a second season, and even though she attracted the same number of suitors as the year before (zero), the season wasn’t, in all honesty, quite so bad. 2 April 1824, “Look at this!” Portia Featherington squealed. âPeople have real problems,â Penelope says, âmature problems, problems that have nothing to do with the secret identity of some silly writer. “It was a brilliant maneuver on my part.”, Colin finished the rest of his drink. And if there was one thing Penelope knew, even then, at the age of sixteen years minus three days, it was that her future did not feature Colin Bridgerton in the role of husband. No one could do that for so long without making a mistake. “I do love you.”, Eloise grinned. “I hope your son isn’t injured,” Mrs. Featherington said to Lady Bridgerton. “Oh!” The word slipped over her lips before she could even think, the squeal of it piercing the air like an off-key whistle. “Anthony Bridgerton married that Kate Sheffield girl, and she was even less popular than you.”. Mother wants the entire family in attendance.”. She made her debut in, In the first chapter, Penelope is reading a book called, One of my summer jobs in college was working as a travel writer for. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friendâs brother from afar for foreverâuntil she stumbles across Colin Bridgertonâs deepest secret and fears she doesn't know him at all. And so Penelope’s life continued. “Do you think we could?” she exclaimed. “Does it, Mr. Bridgerton?”. “Indeed, and he’s very tanned. Colin developed a taste for travel and began to spend more and more time outside of London; it seemed that every few months he was off to some new destination. At the age of 10, in 1997, Nicola Coughlan had an uncredited role in action thriller film My Brother’s War. “Not that I’ve ever seen,” Penelope muttered. If Penelope had thought she loved him before, that was nothing compared to what she felt after actually getting to know him. Penelope just blinked as she tried to think of a suitable reply. It was the three elder Bridgerton brothers: Anthony, Benedict, and Colin. [15][16][17] In the following year, she made headlines again for rebutting the Daily Mirror’s comment on her 2019 British Academy Television Awards look: "Not the most flattering". Every day. “You are thirty-three now, Colin…”, Colin stared at him in disbelief. She knew her mother loved her. Perhaps you heard–”, “I heard you saying something. But Mrs. Featherington held high matrimonial hopes for her older girls. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality. 2018 marked her West End debut in The Donmar Warehouse's production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. “She stopped choosing my clothing once she finally realized I was officially on the shelf. They were the sort of eyes that haunted a girl’s dreams. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Penelope sucked on her abused finger even though she knew it was hopelessly uncouth to do so. Nicola Mary Coughlan (born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress. Thank you for accompanying me home.”. But by then, no one could live without the almost-daily dose of gossip, and everyone paid their pennies. When he was in town, he always saved a dance and a smile for Penelope, and somehow she managed to pretend that nothing had ever happened, that he’d never declared his distaste for her on a public street, and her dreams had never been shattered. Do you know what I think?”. “He’ll want it to be just family.”, “You’re probably right,” Eloise said, nodding slightly. She is beside herself. “Cheer up, friend. But truly, her mother could try the patience of even the kindest, gentlest of daughters, and as Penelope was the first to admit, she could be a wee bit sarcastic at times. Yesterday afternoon. No one knew who Lady Whistledown really was, but everyone seemed to have a theory. By the end of the season, Penelope judged that Colin Bridgerton was the only man with whom she’d managed an entire conversation. “God above, don’t you start on me.”, “I wouldn’t dream of it. An ugly girl with no —oh, very well, she had to give herself some credit— with very little personality. Or maybe she was just hungry. “I know you really do. Choose from JQ's Subscribe Options →, Did you find mention of some of my "old" characters? Of course, it didn’t hurt that Colin possessed, as did all the Bridgerton men, fabulous good looks. Eloise smiled that cheeky Bridgerton smile, and once again, Penelope realized how lucky she was to have her as her closest friend. She might as well keep her mother’s mouth full. “I know,” she replied. “And how do you know about this Greek religion, anyway? The left corner of Eloise’s mouth began to twitch. She’ll tell you so.”. It could be difficult to get letters home; he supposed that his family often had to wait a month or even two for word of his welfare. “You read it somewhere.”. She lives in London. But he made me promise not to tell Mother.”, “Now, that’s not” –Penelope cleared her throat– “terribly intelligent of him. Colin wandered over to the window and pretended to look out. Benedict, his elder by four years, had gained renown as an artist. Penelope hadn’t much experience with the laughter of men, and what little she had known had not been kind. “I must go and find Felicity. Intelligent, romantic and kind, âPenâ is the youngest of three girls â but she doesnât fit in with the rest of the Featheringtons. Which, she took some pride in noting, she never did. Penelope gasped (taking her breath away!) He opened his mouth, but not a sound came out. It was, Penelope thought with wry satisfaction, probably the only time in his life he’d ever been at a loss for words. Anthony, who had been viscount since the age of eighteen, had told Violet that she needn’t go, but she had insisted that he and his wife needed their privacy. Such a silly little word. The very next day, the following account appeared in Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers: La, but such excitement yesterday on the front steps of Lady Bridgerton’s residence on Bruton Street! “I believe they practice Christianity in Greece,” Penelope murmured, her eyes back down on her needlework. [7], In the same year, she also played Hannah Dalton in Harlots. “She likes me,” Penelope said. Penelope wouldn’t have wanted to cleave herself onto either of their husbands, but at least they were wives. It was obvious to Penelope that neither Prudence, Philippa, nor even Felicity had ever had a chance with a Bridgerton. Penelope knew that Colin wasn’t going to choose her as his bride, but shouldn’t a mother be at least a little bit blind to her children’s faults? “Well,” she said slowly, “to begin with, she’s twelve years younger than he is.”, “Pfft,” Portia said, waving her hand dismissively. Penelope was not at all surprised when he beat a hasty retreat. My bonnet came right off my head, and…”. . Which was all a twenty-eight-year-old spinster could hope for, right? There was really no other way to describe it. Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing, or more often, nothing at all. “I didn’t think you were,” Anthony demurred. Colin turned to him and blinked. “It’s settled, then,” she said tightly, amazed that for once, exactly the right words were coming out of her mouth. And it was thick enough to hide A Brief History of Greece. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Coughlan was born on 9 January 1987 in Galway, Ireland, and grew up in Oranmore. Penelope frowned, then yelped as she accidentally stabbed her finger with her needle. “…and I am certainly not going to marry Penelope Featherington!”. Who is Penelope Featherington? “She’s letting you?” It was Colin’s experience that women of a certain age did not enjoy birthday celebrations. There were a few people with whom she seemed able to speak. “It’s nothing, Mother,” Penelope said. I should think that was what he wanted most to avoid.”. My mother is so determined to see him wed that it matters not if she increases her efforts. Many ton weddings –maybe even most of them– saw men marrying girls a dozen or more years their junior. Her life loomed long and tedious ahead of her. ", "Derry Girls Nicola Coughlan takes us on a tour of her hometown, Galway", "Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan on life in NUI Galway, acting, and the impact of the hit comedy show", "Woman Crush Wednesday: Nicola Coughlan is the Belle of the Ball in 'Bridgerton, "Nicola Coughlan health: 'I couldn't get out of bed' Derry Girls star's depression battle", "Galway actress joins new Channel 4 comedy", "The rising stars you need to know about", "When is Bridgerton released on Netflix? She’s a smart girl. Male Bridgerton voices. And when Lady Whistledown wanted to write about Penelope Featherington, she did. He would never dream of claiming he didn’t have fun, but sometimes he wanted something a little more than fun. And Penelope dreamed and dreamed and dreamed. But no, she had to go and fall in love with Colin Bridgerton when he fell off a horse and landed on his bottom in a mud puddle. And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question –one Colin Bridgerton– felt precisely the same way. “You don’t need to say any more. Or that Portia was moderately wealthy in her own right; when her family had settled money on her as a dowry, one-fourth of which had been set aside for her own personal account. It was a large brood, indeed. Although he did just return from Wales.”. Her heart leaped. Everyone had a copy of Mathilda on their bedstand. It was highly irregular, and highly unromantic, but there was a certain poetic justice in that, since nothing was ever going to come of it. Besides, Penelope wasn’t even “out” in society yet. Benedict had clearly been trying not to look, but he snapped to attention at that. Penelope stabbed her needle into the cushion beside her. “I’ll escort you,” Anthony said smoothly. Yellow, Mrs. Featherington declared, was a happy color and a happy girl would snare a husband. But the season wasn’t a complete disaster. I’ll be here for the rest of the season, at least.”. Penelope smiled, but she sighed at the same time. “He said that the war there has worsened, and it was too dangerous. He certainly didn’t fall in love with her in 1812 (and not in 1813, 1814, 1815, or– oh blast, not in all the years 1816-1822, either, and certainly not in 1823, when he was out of the country the whole time, anyway.) It was quite strange, actually, how he loved returning home just as much as he did the departure. To make matters even less attractive, Penelope’s mother refused to allow Penelope to choose her own clothing, and when she wasn’t in the requisite white that most young ladies wore (and which of course didn’t flatter her complexion one bit), she was forced to wear yellow and red and orange, all of which made her look perfectly wretched. Matchmaking mamas are united in their glee–Colin Bridgerton has returned from Greece! And although his mother was still exceedingly lovely, she was definitely of a certain age. “I used to think so. The Bridgertons were an important family indeed, and conversations with them were not to be ignored. [7] In 2004, she started her career with a role in Tom Collins’ short film, The Phantom Cnut, a revenge comedy. And if that weren’t enough, 1813 was the year that the mysterious (and fictitious) Lady Whistledown began publishing her thrice-weekly Society Papers. Portia frowned. Anthony said nothing, but Colin could well imagine the satisfied expression on his face. Why did her mother seem to think their charms so exceeded Penelope’s? It's really a coming of age story. Eloise threw the pillow back at her. Penelope shook her head. “Colin Bridgerton is of an age to be looking for a wife.”, Penelope managed to blink just before her eyes bugged right out of her head. And in that first year on the marriage mart, that was exactly what Penelope was. 1 History 1.1 Taking Simon In 1.2 Start of the 1813 Season 2 Personality 3 Relationships 3.1 Romantic 3.2 Familial 3.3 Friendships 3.4 Professional 4 Career 5 Notes and Trivia 6 Gallery 7 Appearances 8 References Lady Danbury was a dear friend of Simon's mother, Sarah. Why waste romance on a love that would never be returned? When it came right down to it, Eloise was a rather managing sort of person. We are late for an appointment at the modiste.”, Eloise watched Portia disappear up the stairs, then said to Penelope, “Your sister seems to spend a great deal of time at the modiste.”, Penelope shrugged. [1][2] At the age of 5, when watching her older sister performing in a school play she decided to be an actress. Introductions were made, but the rest of the conversation was unimportant, mostly because Colin quickly and accurately sized up Mrs. Featherington as a matchmaking mama. This was love. I cannot believe Colin actually told you he vomited.”, “He’d be furious with you if he knew you’d told me.”, Eloise waved off her protest. At least she let you rid yourself of all those yellow frocks.”, Penelope looked down at her morning dress, which was, if she did say so herself, a rather flattering shade of blue. Penelope didn’t laugh. But she thanked goodness for Eloise, too. But until then, Mother is keeping her eyes open.” She rolled her eyes. “It does seem his usual aim in life,” Eloise concurred. “Mother,” she said, with the patience of, if not a saint, at least a very devout nun, “Felicity is practically engaged to Mr. Albansdale.”, Portia actually began rubbing her hands together. After they had passed about three houses, Anthony said in a strangely respectful voice, “He didn’t know you were there.”, Penelope felt her lips tighten at the corners– not out of anger, just out of a weary sense of resignation. His eldest brother made little attempt to disguise his impatience with Colin’s wanderlust. “I don’t know,” she said. I was merely going to suggest that you keep your eyes open this season. Colin Bridgerton was witty, he was dashing, he had a devil-may-care jokester quality to him that made women swoon, but most of all…. “Well, yes, actually, parts of it. There was that famous Bridgerton chestnut hair, the wide and smiling Bridgerton mouth, the broad shoulders, the six-foot height, and in Colin’s case, the most devastating green eyes ever to grace a human face. He ran estates, managed the family’s finances, and saw to the welfare of countless tenants and servants. Even away from his family, who loved him unconditionally but had no clue that what he really wanted, deep down inside, was something to do. First, Penelope Featherington was seen in the company of not one, not two, but THREE Bridgerton brothers, surely a heretofore impossible feat for the poor girl, who is rather infamous for her wallflower ways. “We’re holding a party for her,” Anthony said. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man. “I shouldn’t like to be married to someone my mother didn’t like.” He shook his head in a gesture of great awe and respect. It was, Colin Bridgerton decided as he took a sip of some truly excellent brandy, rather nice to be back in England. The stories do go in order so I had to listen to a the first three before getting to Colin and Penelope. Eloise sighed. “She won’t be engaged to him if she can catch Colin Bridgerton.”, “Felicity would die before chasing after Colin.”, “Of course not. “Your mother, that is. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for . Portia tapped her finger against the side of her chin, as she always did when she was plotting or scheming. Lady Bridgerton, of all people, took a liking to her, and Penelope found that she could often tell things to the lovely viscountess that she would never dream of saying to her own mother. “And I never–” She swallowed convulsively. Dark-haired Kate Sheffield was likened to a singed daffodil in her yellow dress, and Kate went on to marry Anthony Bridgerton, Colin’s older brother and a viscount to boot! After a year or so of unsuccessful attempts to name Lady Bridgerton’s new home, the family had taken to calling it simply Number Five. “As do I,” Penelope pointed out, wondering where this was leading. Everything her mother said was true. Her mother loved her. 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And while Penelope spent her afternoons in the green-and-cream drawing room at Bridgerton House (or, more often, up in Eloise’s bedchamber where the two girls laughed and giggled and discussed everything under the sun with great earnestness) she found herself coming into occasional contact with Colin, who at two-and-twenty had not yet moved out of the family home and into bachelor lodgings. “Both.”, They walked for a few moments, and then Penelope blurted out, “Colin should go away.”, Anthony eyed her curiously. It helped that she’d lost nearly two stone and could now call herself “pleasantly rounded” rather than “a hideous pudge.” She was still nowhere near the slender ideal of womanhood that ruled the day, but at least she’d changed enough to warrant the purchase of a completely new wardrobe. When she found her voice (which, she was pained to note, was a good three seconds after a person of any intelligence would have replied) she said, “Oh, no, it is I who should apologize! His cheeks went from pink to red. “I vow sometimes she knows so much about my family I wonder if I ought to be frightened.”, “She can’t go on forever,” Penelope commented, getting up to see her friend out. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. “It was apparent to all the moment you were allowed to choose your own clothing. “My mother always means well,” Anthony said with an indulgent smile. How I should love to travel. Albansdale is in possession of a perfectly respectable fortune.”, Portia tapped her index finger against her cheek. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide… is she his biggest threat—or his promise of a happy ending? Colin looked up. Which weren't terrible but again I ⦠“Do you know what?” Eloise demanded. Later that night, as she replayed the encounter for about the thousandth time in her mind, it occurred to her that it would have been nice if she could have said that she’d fallen in love with him as he kissed her hand before a dance, his green eyes twinkling devilishly while his fingers held hers just a little more tightly than was proper.
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