Penelope Featherington: all the info on the character of the series The Bridgerton Chronicle

She will be at the heart of season 3 of The Bridgerton Chronicle, even if it does not please everyone… At the end of season 2, we left Penelope Featherington angry with her best friend Eloïse Bridgerton. In season 3, we know that the plot will focus on her story with Colin, with whom she has been madly in love since season 1. Who is this young woman who we liked at the start but who seriously disappointed us over the years? episodes in season 2?

The biography of Penelope Featherington

Penelope is the last daughter of Lord Featherington and Lady Portia Featherington. Like her sisters, she was presented to Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in April 1813. Penelope has a crush on Colin Bridgerton. Her devotion to him is so deep that she betrays Marina, her own cousin, by revealing her pregnancy to save Colin, not wanting him to be trapped in a marriage and raising a child who is not. not his.

When he returns from his travels the following year, Colin invests in Jack Featherington’s gem mines, only to find they are fake. He reveals the truth to Penelope and mocks Jack for lying and taking advantage of the Featherington ladies, who have no husband or father to protect them. As he dances with Penelope, Colin promises to always protect her. However, later that evening, she overhears Colin stating that he will never think of courting Penelope. The young woman fled in tears.

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Penelope is Eloise Bridgerton’s best friend. However, their relationship eventually grew strained. When Eloise makes her debut, Penelope becomes her constant support and offers her an attentive ear. What Eloise does not know is that Penelope is actually Lady Whistledown and that she revealed several scandals about Eloise’s family in her diary. When the Queen suspects Eloise of being Lady Whistledown, Penelope tries to save her by publishing a scandal about Eloise’s dating with radicals, to make it seem like Eloise is innocent, because no one would think Lady Whistledown would write about her- same. Things take a turn when Eloise recognizes Penelope’s witty banter at the Featherington Ball and realizes she is actually Lady Whistledown. Eloise then confronts Penelope privately, accusing her of hurting people for her own selfish ends, and ends their friendship. A final end? Season 3 will tell us…

Who plays Penelope Featherington?

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Nicola Coughlan lends her features to Penelope Featherington. Born on January 9, 1987, in Galway, Ireland, it was at the age of 5, seeing her older sister in a play, that she decided to become an actress. She first studied English and civilization at the National University of Ireland in Galway, before joining the Oxford School of Drama and the Birmingham School of Acting. She appears in a few shorts and uncredited films and does a few dubs for animated series. But her career is struggling to take off and she has to do odd jobs, especially with an optician or in the retail trade.

Finally, in 2018, her life takes a new turn when she gets the role of Clare Devlin, one of the main characters of the series. Derry Girls. The show aired on Channel 4 but gained popularity when it was acquired by Netflix. In 2020, Nicola Coughlan is announced for the casting of the Netflix series The Bridgerton Chronicle where she plays the role of Penelope Featherington. After the success of the first season, the show is renewed for several seasons.

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When Netflix announced a few months ago that the plot of season 3 of The Bridgerton Chronicle would not follow the chronology of Julia Quinn’s books to focus on the couple Colin Bridgerton / Penelope Featherington, some fans were offended and did not hesitate to attack the actress. Faced with this wave of criticism, Nicola Coughlan wanted to put things in context through two stories posted on Instagram: “People get mad at me for things Penelope did. I didn’t do anything. It’s a script, I read the words and I act. Please be nice to me! “

Why do we hate Penelope Featherington?

If in season 1 she used her magazine to uncover gossip necessary to move society forward, in season 2 of The Bridgerton Chronicle, Penelope ultimately looks more like an antagonist than a social vigilante. Penelope also becomes very hurtful towards her best friend, Eloise. She can’t stand that the latter spends time with the printer’s assistant, Theo, out of jealousy but also out of fear of being unmasked. When Penelope reveals the relationship that Eloise has with the young man, under the pretext of doing her a favor, we are downright disappointed! We therefore obviously side with Eloise when she discovers that the one she thought was her best friend is in fact Lady Whistledown and that she betrayed her. Eloise also understands that Penelope revealed Marina’s pregnancy. And this, to prevent a marriage that would have permanently distanced her from Colin, with whom she has been secretly in love since… forever! We are therefore impatiently awaiting season 3 to find out what Penelope Featherington has in store for us and if we forgive her.

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Penelope Featherington: all the info on the character of the series The Bridgerton Chronicle