Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan has made her feelings clear on trans rights, with a swipe on social media at Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Rowling has been highly visible on social media this week, celebrating the UK’s Supreme Court ruling that a definition of a woman is a based on biological sex, not gender.

Nicola Coughlan spoke out against J.K. Rowling and HBO’s new “Harry Potter” series after the author celebrated the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

Nicola Coughlan has hit out at the forthcoming HBO adaptation of Harry Potter, saying she “wouldn’t touch it with a 10 ft pole”. The high-profile show announced the first of its cast last week, including the actors playing iconic characters such as Dumbledore, Hagrid, and Professor McGonagall.