Nicola Coughlan Fangirls Over Posing Beside Jennifer Aniston on Emmys 2024 Red Carpet: 'She's Rachel!'
Aniston is nominated for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her role on 'The Morning Show'
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Nicola Coughlan, Jennifer AnistonJennifer Aniston has a friend in Nicola Coughlan!
The Bridgerton star, 37, told Access Hollywood ahead of the 2024 Emmys that she had never before been on a Hollywood red carpet. And as a newcomer, she couldn't believe the company she was in.
"Okay, I went to get my photos taken, and then I looked to my left and Jennifer Aniston was standing right beside me," Coughlan said. "I heard her voice, and I gasped!"
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Nicola Coughlan attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Related: Nicola Coughlan Shines Like the True Diamond of the Season on the 2024 Emmys Red Carpet
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Aniston, 55, is nominated for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her role on The Morning Show, and Coughlan, who is fresh off a summer of Bridgerton press for the show's third season, presented the award for the night's best supporting actor in a limited anthology series or movie to Lamorne Morris.
"I am normally quite ok, but I mean, she's Rachel!" Coughlan said, admitting that she was a little starstruck by Aniston's close proximity.
"She's perfect!" Coughlan added of the Friends star, who stepped out for the carpet wearing a champagne gown and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Related: Jennifer Aniston Looks Back on the ‘Magic’ of Friends and What She’s Learned About Life
Coughlan, for her part, donned a sparkly silver off-the-shoulder gown complete with a red Artists4Ceasefire pin, and she explained that she's only ever visited Hollywood's famous fast food spot while she's been in town.
"[It's] my very first one! " she said of the major carpet. "Last time I just went to In-n-Out Burger!"
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