Please, critics " judge us actors on our talent, not our bodies | Nicola Coughlan
After weeks preparing for my role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie a reviewer called me an 'overweight little girl'. What about my acting?As an actor, your body is a gift. I can use mine to play neurotic Clare Devlin in Channel 4's Derry Girls, or a tough-edged courtesan in 18th-century London in Harlots, or the tragic, misunderstood Joyce Emily Hammond, who I'm currently playing every night at the Donmar. I'm very l…