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Nicola Coughlan Rocks Leather Mini Dress at Premiere

Nicola Coughlan turned a leather jacket into a mini dress as she attended the season two premiere of Big Mood at the BFI Southbank in London on Tuesday. The act...

Nicola Coughlan Rocks Leather Mini Dress at Premiere
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Bintano News

March 17, 2026

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turned a leather jacket into a mini dress as she attended the season two premiere of Big Mood at the BFI Southbank in London on Tuesday. 

The actress, 39, who stars as Maggie Donovan in the comedy, looked incredible in the black garment which she wore with matching tights.

The star added height to her frame with a pair of black heels and let her blonde locks fall loose down her shoulders.

Joining her on the red carpet was her co-star Lydia West who opted for a black suit with a matching top and open toe heels.

Fellow actress Hannah Onslow opted for a long-sleeved burgundy midi dress and brown knee-high boots.

Robert Lindsay, who looked dapper in a black suit, looked in good spirits as he posed alongside Nicola.

Nicola Coughlan turned a leather jacket into a mini dress as she attended the season two premiere of Big Mood at the BFI Southbank in London on Tuesday

The actress, 39, who stars as Maggie Donovan in the Channel 4 comedy, looked incredible in the black garment which she wore with matching tights

The premiere comes after Nicola hit back at assumptions that she is 'plus-sized' as she revealed she was a size 8-10 during her nude scenes.

The actress said that despite featuring in such scenes she has 'no interest' in promoting body positivity and finds any criticism or furore around her figure 'boring.'

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Posting on the cover of ELLE UK's April edition, Nicola shared she'd 'lost a bunch of weight' before filming her viral nude moment in Bridgerton's third series.

She added that in the past she's 'hated' speaking to fans who wanted to praise her figure as she feels it dilutes the value of the work she's put into the role.

Nicola said: 'The thing I say sometimes that p****s people off is I have no interest in body positivity. 

'When I was a kid growing up, I never thought about that. I didn't look at actors and think about their bodies. So, I actually don't care.

'There's a lot of things I'm passionate about, it's not one of them… That's someone else's thing. It's not mine.' 

Reflecting on comments about her figure on the show, she added: 'You know what was really bizarre was, when I was shooting that series, I was exercising a lot because I knew I had to, so I had lost a bunch of weight – I was probably a size 10 and one of the corsets was a size eight.

Joining her on the red carpet was her co-star Lydia West who opted for a black suit with a matching top and open toe heels

Fellow actress Hannah Onslow opted for a long-sleeved burgundy midi dress and brown knee-high boots

Robert Lindsay, who looked dapper in a black suit, looked in good spirits as he posed alongside Nicola

'And then people talked about how I was plus size and I was like, "How f****d are we that I am the biggest woman you want to see on screen?"'

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'I remember this really drunk girl once talking to me in a bathroom being like, "I loved [Bridgerton] because of your body." And started talking about my body, and I was like, "I want to die. I hate this so much…"

'It's really hard when you work on something for months and months of your life, you don't see your family, you really dedicate yourself and then it comes down to what you look like – it's so f*****g boring.'

Nicola also shared rare insight into her relationship with boyfriend, actor Jake Dunn, saying: 'We try our best. I send him annoying videos all the time and then, you know, a lot of Facetime, but he's super-busy. 

'Before we were together, I just thought he was a really talented actor. But I love when people have their own stuff going on.'

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