Jessie Buckley
- Acting
- December 28, 1989 · Killarney, Ireland
Biography
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 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 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, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Scarecrows' Wedding · Betty O'Barley (Voice)
- The Bride! · Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- Inside Look: Hamnet · Self
- Hamnet · Agnes
- How to Shoot a Ghost · Anthi
- Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story · Self
- Three Hares · Narrator
- The Cable That Changed the World · Self
- Quintessentially Irish · Self
- Wicked Little Letters · Rose Gooding
- Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius · Self
- Fingernails · Anna
- Women Talking · Mariche
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol · Isabel Fezziwig (Voice)
- Men · Harper
- The Lost Daughter · Young Leda Caruso
- National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet · Juliet
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things · Young Woman
- Misbehaviour · Jo Robinson
- The Courier · Sheila Wynne
- Dolittle · Queen Victoria
- Judy · Rosalyn Wilder
- A Battle in Waterloo · Ellen
- Chernobyl · Lyudmilla Ignatenko
- Wild Rose · Rose-Lynn Harlan, Songs
- Rob & Romesh Vs
- Pulsar · Cassa
- The Woman in White · Marian Halcombe
- Beast · Moll Huntford
- The Last Post · Honor Martin
- Red Light · Kelly
- Taboo · Lorna Bow
- The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet · Juliet
- Movies with Ali Plumb · Self
- War and Peace · Marya Bolkonskaya
- Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale · Perdita
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe · Miranda
- Fargo · Oraetta Mayflower
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Endeavour · Kitty Batten
- Join My Band · Stella
- Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love · Emily Strong
- I'd Do Anything · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway · Self
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA · Self
- Later... with Jools Holland
- Great Performances · Juliet
- The Oscars · Self
- Golden Globe Awards · Self
- Three Incestuous Sisters · Clothilde
- Hold On to Your Angels