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\t\t<\/p>\n Nicola Coughlan<\/strong><\/a> is addressing the \u201cintense\u201d level of attention she and boyfriend Jake Dunn<\/strong> have faced.<\/p>\n If you didn\u2019t know, the 38-year-old Bridgerton<\/em> actress and the 25-year-old Renegade Nell<\/em> actor were first romantically linked in August 2024<\/a> and made their red carpet debut<\/a> at the 2025 BAFTA Television & Craft Awards<\/em> nominees party this past April.<\/p>\n In a new interview, Nicola<\/strong> opened about all of the attention on her private life and on her relationship with Jake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u201cImagine if you had an evening at the pub and then you walked around, talking, having a lovely time, and a few days later, you see pictures of that,\u201d Nicola<\/strong> told The Guardian<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThe violation is immense.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPeople go, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s so-and-so from TV.\u2019 They forget you\u2019re a person,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat level of attention is hugely intense, and I don\u2019t know how well that suits me.\u201d<\/p>\n The Derry Girls<\/em> actress went on, \u201cThe intensity gave me horrific anxiety. I was like, \u2018I really want to go away.\u2019 \u2026 Work is one world and my private life is another. When one started collapsing into the other, I thought, \u2018Oh my God, what have I done?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n