Nicola Coughlan is hoping youll keep your attention focused on her body of work as opposed to her physical appearance.

The Irish actor, best known for playing Penelope Featherington on the smash Netflix series Bridgerton , urged fans to keep their opinions on her body to themselves in a short, emotionally succinct note posted to her Instagram and Twitter accounts .

If you have an opinion about my body please, please dont share it with me, she wrote. Most people are being nice and not trying to be offensive but I am just one real life human being and its really hard to take the weight of thousands of opinions on how you look being sent directly to you every day.

Coughlan acknowledged that physical scrutiny was inevitable given the nature of her profession, but stressed that anyone planning to comment publicly should consider the power of their words.