
Acting
Born December 28, 1989 · Killarney, Ireland
Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include Best Actress at the Oscar Academy Awards 2026 (becoming the first Irish woman to win it), a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd 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. 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 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 an Academy Award for Best Actress. 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 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Scarecrows' Wedding
2026

The Bride!
2026

Hamnet
2025

How to Shoot a Ghost
2025

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025

Three Hares
2024

The Cable That Changed the World
2024

Quintessentially Irish
2024

Wicked Little Letters
2024

Fingernails
2023

Women Talking
2022

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022

Men
2022

The Lost Daughter
2021

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020

Misbehaviour
2020

The Courier
2020

Dolittle
2020

Judy
2019

A Battle In Waterloo
2019

Wild Rose
2019

Pulsar
2018

Beast
2018

Red Light
2017

The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet
2016

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015

The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2014
Join My Band
2012

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010