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Coughlan followed it up with Netflix phenomenon Bridgerton, stealing the show as Penelope Featherington, a Regency-era wallflower who is secretly Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author of a notorious scandal sheet.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Here’s a confession worthy of a scandal sheet: Bridgerton isn’t actually that great at romance.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
What makes this revelation worse is that Pen, on multiple occasions, has used the scandal sheet and its influence to manipulate society’s opinion about both of their families.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
The main storyline is built around the series’ single most charming character, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) — the wallflower who secretly has the entire ton under her thumb as Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author of its most notorious scandal sheet.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The scandal sheet this season is a reflection of Penelope’s journey and growth as a character.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
The diss came immediately after Penelope fell out with her best friend, Eloise — Colin’s younger sister — when Eloise confronted her about her literary side gig and using the Bridgerton family matters to fill the pages of Lady Whistledown’s scandal sheet.
—Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
The upcoming season three will center on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), the latter of whom was revealed to be anonymous scandal sheet writer Lady Whistledown in season one.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Here’s a confession worthy of a scandal sheet: Bridgerton isn’t actually that great at romance.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
What makes this revelation worse is that Pen, on multiple occasions, has used the scandal sheet and its influence to manipulate society’s opinion about both of their families.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
The main storyline is built around the series’ single most charming character, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) — the wallflower who secretly has the entire ton under her thumb as Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author of its most notorious scandal sheet.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The scandal sheet this season is a reflection of Penelope’s journey and growth as a character.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
The diss came immediately after Penelope fell out with her best friend, Eloise — Colin’s younger sister — when Eloise confronted her about her literary side gig and using the Bridgerton family matters to fill the pages of Lady Whistledown’s scandal sheet.
—Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
The upcoming season three will center on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), the latter of whom was revealed to be anonymous scandal sheet writer Lady Whistledown in season one.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023
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“Scandal sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scandal%20sheet. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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