The Irish Jessie Buckley He rose another level in stardom by winning this Sunday the Oscar for best actress for her portrayal of the writer’s wife William Shakespearewho has been totally devastated by the death of her son, in Hamnet.
The 36-year-old artist, originally from a small town in the remote southwest of Irelandconquered the voters of the Academy with his heartbreaking version of Agnesmother of the child who gives the title to the director’s acclaimed film Chloe Zhao.
“I want to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a wonderful heart,” a very emotional woman said upon receiving the award. Buckleywho, in addition to thanking her colleagues and her family, praised the filmmaker zhao for the opportunity to “meet this stunning woman and a journey to understanding a mother’s love.” “Thank you for recognizing me in this world,” he added.
His expressive intensity in this painful story, an adaptation of the novel by Maggie O’Farrellalso captivated the public, from whom it brought tears.
The enigmatic Agnes She has “a strong and completely open heart, and she is a mother with an epic landscape inside her,” he said. Buckley to the Irish Times.
In February, by becoming the first Irish woman to win a BAFTA Briton for best actress, praised O’Farrell.
“You brought the mother out of the shadows and placed her next to the giant who is Shakespeare“, said Buckley.
This was the second nomination for Buckley in the Oscar. In 2022, she competed in the same category with another maternal role in the director’s tense psychological drama Maggie Gyllenhaal The dark daughter.
Buckley She wasn’t a mother when she played Agnes, but she got pregnant a week after finishing Hamnethe told the newspaper The New York Times. She gave birth to her daughter at the end of 2025.
In his speech at BAFTA, Buckley He also expressed the love he feels for her. “The best role of my life is being your mom,” she said.
Daughter of a poet, Tim Buckleyand an opera singer and singing teacher, Marina Cassidythe actress, who was born in 1989, was encouraged from a young age to participate in school theater productions.
At home, “music, writing and personal expression were really encouraged and respected,” he told Irish Times the artist, who grew up in Killarneyin the county of Kerryalong with his four brothers.
Buckley He rose to fame as a participant in a 2008 talent show on the BBC who was looking for protagonists for the theatrical production Oliverin London.
Although she lost in the final, the judges encouraged her to pursue dramatic training.
Buckley would end up graduating from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London in 2013.
That same year he landed roles in theatrical adaptations of Shakespeare in London.
Then came television opportunities, including a dramatization of the BBC of War and peace (2016) and the successful miniseries Chernobyl (2019) chain HBO.
Buckley made his film debut in Beast (2017), a psychological thriller set on the island of Jerseyin it English Channeland earned a nomination for BAFTA for his lead role in the 2018 film Wild Rose: Follow your own songabout an aspiring country singer and ex-convict glasgow.
He has often returned to his Shakespearean theater roots and in 2021 played Juliet in it National Theater along with another rising star, Josh O’Connor.
An accomplished singer, she also won a Laurence Olivier Award in 2022 for best actress in a musical for her performance as Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
That same year he released a folk album with Bernard Butlerformer guitarist of the band suede.
Buckley lives in the English countryside, in Norfolkin the eastern part of the country, with her husband, a mental health worker whom she married in 2023.
The actress has spoken openly about her past struggles with anxiety and panic attacks, and has said that therapy helped her learn to feel her emotions instead of repressing them.
Source: AFP
