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Jessie Buckley wins best actress for ‘Hamnet’ at Oscars and becomes the first Irish woman to win in the category
- On Sunday at the 98th Academy Awards, Jessie Buckley won best actress at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, becoming the first Irish actress to win the prize.
- Following praise since Telluride Film Festival, Jessie Buckley won major best-actress awards including the SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards, BAFTAs, Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes.
- In Hamnet, Buckley plays Agnes Shakespeare opposite Paul Mescal, and the Focus Features film earned eight nominations this year including best picture and best director for Chloé Zhao; Buckley was nominated alongside Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Renate Reinsve and Emma Stone.
- The win marks a breakthrough for Buckley, regarded as a favorite after acclaim for her role in Hamnet, a Focus Features film.
- Next, Buckley will star in Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters opposite Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan and Josh O'Connor, while Hamnet centers on grief after their 11-year-old son Hamnet dies.
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Jessie Buckley Dedicates Oscar Win to 'Chaos of a Mother's Heart'
The 2026 Oscars honored exceptional performances by five nominees in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, but one stood out among her peers at the 98th Academy Awards. Jessie Buckley ultimately won the accolade for Hamnet during the Sunday, March 15, ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “Thank you so much. This is really something,” Buckley said as she began to laugh. She went on to give a shout-out to her parents and her husban…
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