Nicola Coughlan attends Netflix's 'Bridgerton' premiere in New York City on May 13. Her character is becoming the focus of the series for season three, and will be undergoing a transformation in styling. Photo: AFP
When actress Nicola Coughlan joined the cast of Shondaland’s period costume drama Bridgerton as the young socialite and secret gossip pamphleteer Penelope Featherington, hair and makeup artist Marc Pilcher informed her that the creative brief they had for her character was only one word: “dowdy”.
Penelope, the demure youngest daughter of domineering matriarch Lady Portia Featherington, was to be done up in garish pastel dresses and gaudy jewellery, with a hairdo clogged with curls – none of it particularly flattering.
