Jessie Buckley

Biography

Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include an Academy Award, an Actor Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Critics' Choice Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Buckley began her acting career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything, in which she came second. A Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate, she made her early onscreen appearances 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 breakthrough 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. Buckley's career progressed with starring roles in films such as I'm 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 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2026, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in the period drama Hamnet (2025). On television, Buckley has starred in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and season four of Fargo (2020). On stage, Buckley's portrayal of Sally Bowles in a 2021 West End theatre revival of the musical 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.

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