Nicola Coughlan has stepped out with her new boyfriend. The Bridgerton star’s hot new romance was confirmed with a string of cozy pictures at a music festival this month, and fans are eager to find out exactly who the man is.
The loved-up pair were spotted with their arms wrapped around each other at All Points East Festival in London a few days ago. Nicola looked smitten as she sported a white summer dress and bucket hat and held a glass of fizz.
Her beau looked effortlessly handsome in a white vest, a loose, white shirt, and black pants. The mystery man is Jake Dunn, a 24-year-old British film producer who is one of the stars of Disney+’s Renegade Nell.
Interestingly, Nicola’s Derry Girls co-star and close friend Louise Harland, plays Nell, who the show is based around. Jake recently graduated from Guildhall School’s drama department and has already starred in TV shows like Netflix’s Get Even and The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, along with BBC’s Rebel Cheer Squad: A Get Even Series.
Jake hails from Nottingham but lives in London. It isn’t the first time the two have been seen together. Eagle-eyed followers clocked Nicola and Jake in the Instagram story of one of Jake’s Renegade Nell co-stars in March this year.
Nicola has remained tight-lipped about her romantic escapades in the past. During promo for Bridgerton Series 3, where she plays Penelope Featherington, the Co Galway native was linked to her on-screen lover, Luke Newton.
A video of the pair “almost kissing” nearly sent fans into overdrive, too, but Nicola dashed their hopes. On the speculation, she Extra: “[Luke and I] think it’s really sweet. I think because we truly love each other. I’ll never get to do something like [Bridgerton] again on this scale. It’s so nice having such a lovely friend that I can do all this with.”
