There are some things that fame allows for — the cameras, the clothes, the awards — that sound great. But life before fame had some perks for Nicola Coughlan, especially when it came to her advocacy; anyone who follows Coughlan on social media knows that she's outspoken when it comes to human rights, but her days before fame made it a easier for her to navigate her advocacy.
According to The Guardian, Coughlan spent a portion of 2015 traveling around neighborhoods going door-to-door to rally support for Ireland's equal-marriage referendum. "This was pre anyone knowing who I was, so I didn't have a big platform to do stuff, but I did what I could," she explained.
Then in 2018, Coughlan did a very similar thing and threw her support and energy into the referendum regarding abortion. But unlike three years prior, she didn't have her anonymity to help her out. "I was still within a learning curve of going: 'Well, I'll just say stuff, cos I've always said it and that should be fine'... Then, y'know, people get very vicious," she said.
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