In the Best Actress category, Coughlan will compete against Kathy Bates ( Matlock ), Allison Janney ( The Diplomat ), Keri Russell (also The Diplomat ), and Anna Sawai ( Shōgun ). The nod appears to have come as something of a surprise; when the nominations were announced last month, she wrote, “I’m absolutely in shock and so honoured.”

The internet went crazy when Luke Newton debuted a girlfriend in London this June, and Nicola Coughlan showed up to the All Points East festival in London with her rumored boyfrie

On the red carpet, Coughlan and Luke Newton, who play lovers in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, had a mini reunion ahead of the award show while dressed in coordinating regency