Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley born 28 December 1989 is an Irish actress and singer Her accolades include the Academy Award for Best Actress becoming the first Irish woman to win the award a British Academy Film Award an Actor Award a Golden Globe Award and a Scottish BAFTA in addition to an additional nomination for an Academy Award Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show Id Do Anything in which she came second A RADA graduate her early onscreen appearances were in BBC television series such as War Peace 2016 and Taboo 2017 Buckley made her film debut with the lead role in Beast 2017 followed by her breakout role as an aspiring country music singer in the musical film Wild Rose 2018 the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Buckleys career progressed with starring roles in films such as Im Thinking of Ending Things 2020 Men 2022 Women Talking 2022 and Wicked Little Letters 2023 For her performance as a troubled mother in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter 2021 she received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress She gained further recognition for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in the period drama Hamnet 2025 receiving a Golden Globe a BAFTA Award an Actor Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress On television Buckley has starred in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl 2019 and season four of Fargo 2020 On stage Buckleys portrayal of Sally Bowles in a 2021 West End theatre revival of Cabaret won her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical In 2022 she released the collaborative album For All Our Days That Tear the Heart with Bernard Butler which was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Buckley licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia