The 'Derry Girls' actress has scored another big hit with the new period drama

If you follow Nicola Coughlan on Twitter - or indeed, have ever seen her interviewed - you'll know what good craic she appears to be.

Her comedy chops are well-honed thanks to her starring role in 'Derry Girls', but she's also pretty funny in real life.

The Galway-born actress's latest role has been in 'Bridgerton', the new Netflix period drama that is going down extremely well with audiences since it arrived on the streaming service on Christmas Day.

So well, in fact, that it's shot into the Top 10 charts in numerous Netflix territories around the world, from Jamaica to New Zealand to Israel to Luxembourg. At time of writing, it's #1 in Ireland, too.

Coughlan took to Twitter to share her delight in the series' success in her own inimitable tongue-in-cheek manner...