Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan's spot-on answer to this tired body-shaming comment is iconic

Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan had the perfect response to a comment saying she was "brave" for showing off her body in the latest season of the Netflix show.

Attending a special screening in Dublin of the second part of Bridgerton's third season , which focuses on the love life of Coughlan's character Penelope Featherington, the Derry Girls star took part in a brief Q & A.

One of the questions posed on Thursday (6 June) included the opinion that she was "brave" to have taken on a role that involves a lot of nudity.

A video of the moment was shared on X (formerly Twitter) account @ccutiny, in which Coughlan can be seen replying: "You know, it is hard, because I think women with my body type – women with perfect breasts – we don’t get to see ourselves on screen enough, and I’m very proud as a member of the perfect breasts community.”

After the answer brought loud applause and laughter, she added: “I hope you enjoy seeing them."

Coughlan has previously explained why the carriage scene with Luke Thompson (who plays Benedict Bridgerton) in season three – and which did indeed show her "perfect breasts" – was a "f**k you" to body-shamers.

“I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” she told  Stylist magazine . “There’s one scene where I’m very naked on camera, and that was my idea, my choice.

“It just felt like the biggest ‘f**k you’ to all the conversation surrounding my body, it was amazingly empowering. I felt beautiful in the moment, and I thought: ‘When I’m 80, I want to look back on this and remember how f**king hot I looked'."