Nicola Coughlan gave a rare quote about her boyfriend Jake Dunn.

If you didn’t know, the 39-year-old Bridgerton actress and the 26-year-old Renegade Nell actor were first romantically linked in August 2024 and made their red carpet debut at the 2025 BAFTA Television & Craft Awards nominees party last year.

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On navigating long distance, she told Elle UK, “We try our best. I send him annoying videos all the time and then, you know, a lot of Facetime, but he’s super-busy. Before we were together, I just thought he was a really talented actor. But I love when people have their own stuff going on.”

And she shared a cute anecdote about their private life: “He doesn’t have slippers, but he’s always like, ’10pm is bedtime,’ and I’m like, ‘Let’s stay up until 2!’”

“I think I felt old when I was young and I feel young now. I didn’t know [who] I would be at 39,” she said about her age.