Nicola Coughlan on her five-year journey from ‘failure’ to ‘feeling like a competition winner’

'I still get scared to check my bank account, I still have that fear in me.'

Nicola Coughlan for The Observer. Picture: @nicolacoughlan / Instagram

Nicola Coughlan feels like “a competition winner” after years of feeling like “the worst failure in the world.” 

The Galway actress, who graced the cover of The Guardian’s The Observer magazine on Sunday, said she is still amazed at where she is today given where she was just five years ago.