“The Industry Is Ageist”: Nicola Coughlan On Why She Was Told To Lie About Her Age

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The star of Bridgerton Season 3 speaks with Refinery29 Australia about the industry's growing issue with ageism.

. It was a long time coming for the actor who grew up in a village near Galway on Ireland's west coast. Coughlan's career really began to pick up in her 30s, as the lead inalongside her long-time friend, Luke Newton.

While Coughlan is only 37 , she's already had a glimpse at how the industry treats women as they get older, prompting her to re-think times where she has candidly revealed her age."I think it's a difficult thing because the industryageist," Coughlan says."I do have times when I go home and I'm like, should I have just not disclosed it? Should I have not done that?"I'm happy to say that I had no 'in' in this industry.

 

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