As the star behind one of this year’s most talked-about love stories, Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan has sky-rocketed to international fame.
While her performance as Penelope Featherington may have had viewers enthralled in her long-awaited friends-to-lovers romance, fans have also become equally as invested in her real-life relationships.
Who is Nicola Coughlan dating?
Although the star has yet to comment explicitly on her relationship status, it appears that Nicola has low-key confirmed the rumours of her romance with British film producer and Renegade Nell star Jake Dunn.
On February 12, 2025, Nicola posted a rare snap of Jake to her Instagram story from what appeared to be a set with the simple caption, “Happy Birthday ❤️.” While the post may have been short and sweet, it marked the first time that the Bridgerton star has publicly acknowledged her relationship with Jake.
While very little is known about the timeline of their romance, the rumoured new couple were spotted together for the first time at the All Points East festival in London on August 26, 2024.
Photos showed the period drama stars standing with their arms around one another in the crowd before being later spotted dancing together alongside friends – leading fans to speculate that the pair could potentially be an item.
While photos of Coughlan and Dunn together may come as a surprise to some fans, celebrity gossip site Deux Moi shared an anonymous tip of the couple playing Scrabble in a London pub on July 20, with the eye-witness sharing a snap of the duo at their table.
Prior to their pub sighting, Coughlan and Dunn were first photographed alongside his co-star Alice Kremelber at the London premiere of Renegade Nell in March 2024, leading fans to believe that the couple could have begun their relationship as early as February 2024.
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