romance with Colin Bridgerton<\/a> \u2014 portrayed by Luke Newton \u2014 at the end of Season 3 of the Netflix drama.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel like, God, I had such an epic run,\u201d she said. (Seen here: Will Tilston, Polly Walker, Florence Hunt, Luke Thompson, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Newton and Coughlan.) \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s part of the beauty of that world is it keeps reinventing itself. Every season being a new story \u2014 it takes on a different guise,\u201d Coughlan continued. (Seen here: Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Newton as Colin Bridgerton.) LIAM DANIEL\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n
Viewers watched as Featherington struggled with the loss of anonymity and being unable to write unbiased columns about people\u2019s lives throughout Season 4. <\/p>\n
Additionally, she came face to face with the consequences of her gossip. Ultimately, she decided to retire as Lady Whistledown to settle into her marriage with Colin and as a mother at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
However, to viewers\u2019 shock, a new imposter introduced themselves, though their identity has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n
Coughlan\u2019s character also portrayed Lady Whistledown, the secret author behind the town\u2019s gossip column. (Seen here: Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Newton as Colin Bridgerton.) LIAM DANIEL\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n
However, the identity of Coughlan as Lady Whistledown was revealed at the end of Season 3. (Seen above: James Phoon, Bessie Carter, Harriet Cains, Lorn Macdonald, Coughlan.) \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
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Coughlan is blissfully unaware of who the new writer is, admitting to E! News that she was \u201creally bad at keeping secrets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI told everyone and said I was her,\u201d she said. \u201cSo they know not to tell me. But I genuinely have no clue and it\u2019s quite nice not to know. I don\u2019t need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cDerry Girls\u201d alum has yet to be told how many episodes she will be featured in on the upcoming season, set for release in 2027.<\/p>\n
At the end of Season 4, Featherington gave up her role as Lady Whistledown. \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
Coughlan (seen here in 2025) shared that she would return to \u201cBridgerton\u201d whenever the showrunners called. Dave Benett\/Getty Images for BAFTA<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll always pop back to\u00a0\u2018Bridgerton\u2019\u00a0if they want me,\u201d she said. \u201cIf I can be set dressing, I\u2019ll be there. No problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lady Francesca Stirling, portrayed by Hannah Dodd, and Michaela Stirling, played by Masali Baduza, will lead the upcoming season as \u201cBridgerton\u2019s first same-gender central love story,\u201d per Tudum by Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\nThe duo was brought together by the death of Francesca\u2019s husband and Michaela\u2019s relative, Lord John Stirling, during Season 4. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicola Coughlan revealed she\u2019s taking a step back from her role as Penelope Featherington in the forthcoming fifth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[1241,73112,2110,18,117,19,17,127,128],"class_list":["post-644696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-actors","tag-bridgerton","tag-celebrity-news","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-netflix","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}