{"id":228952,"date":"2026-01-05T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228952\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:24:11","slug":"she-does-me-and-the-country-proud-jessie-buckleys-father-says-daughter-has-stayed-true-to-herself-despite-awards-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228952\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018She does me and the country proud\u2019 \u2013 Jessie Buckley\u2019s father says daughter has stayed true to herself despite awards buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Buckley said his daughter had \u201cremained herself throughout it all\u201d and the joy his daughter felt on receiving the award in California on Sunday night was \u201cinfectious\u201d..<\/p>\n

No Irish actress has won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globes next weekend is seen as another major indicator of whether the 36-year-old Killarney-born actress could be in contention.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he worried about his daughter ahead of the major awards and intense campaigning, Mr Buckley said: \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be her favourite thing \u2014 she has to psych herself up like a boxer before going out there. But once she\u2019s in the ring, I think she makes me and the country proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Buckley added that her husband and their eight-month-old daughter were helping to keep her \u201cgrounded\u201d and maintain perspective.<\/p>\n

He described the nominations as a \u201cfantastic honour\u201d, saying there would be \u201cno pressure\u201d, but that the family\u2019s fingers would be \u201ccrossed\u201d as awards season gathers pace.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Oliver Callan on RT\u00c9 Radio One, Mr Buckley described it as a \u201cfunny twist of fate\u201d that two English figures such as William Shakespeare and his wife are being portrayed in Hamnet by Irish actors \u2013 Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.<\/p>\n

He said he was \u201cquite happy\u201d that they had \u201cconquered two of their iconic literary giants and the inspiration behind them\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe keep quiet about those kinds of things and keep them to ourselves, but little smiles break out every now and again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a funny twist of fate all right that two little Paddys should play the most quintessential English roles, but we\u2019re good at that. We invade in our own little way \u2014 we invade the vastness of people\u2019s minds \u2014 and that\u2019s a great thing to be able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jessie<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley with co-star Paul Mescal (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

Mr Buckley said the film should also contribute to fans returning to the cinema, adding that there is \u201cnothing like seeing a film on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

“When you go to the cinema, you go into that dark cave and it\u2019s a communal experience. A lot of people now with streaming and all these things have got out of the habit of going to the cinema, but there\u2019s nothing like seeing a film on the big screen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve kind of lost it a little bit compared to when we were young and there used to be queues around the block.<\/p>\n

“These films now that are coming out, and especially when you have two fantastic Irish stars and Irish writer and a lot of other Irish people involved in this film, it\u2019s a lovely incentive to get into the cinema.\u201d <\/p>\n

He said the film helped to \u201cdemystify\u201d Shakespeare, adding that it was \u201creally important\u201d to see human stories that showed how “joy, sorrows, pain in the self same style\u201d are the same through time. <\/p>\n

“It will get people seeing that their own stories are important, that grief is important and a shared grief is one that you can hold a little bit easier on your shoulders or in your heart. I think that film brings that out.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mr Buckley said there was a need for \u201cmagic\u201d and \u201cmoments that take us to another place\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Jessie<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley in ‘Hamnet’<\/p>\n

The film explores the relationship between Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway \u2013 historically known as Anne \u2013 in the aftermath of their 11-year-old son\u2019s death, and is based on Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s novel of the same name. <\/p>\n

During her speech at the award show, Buckley thanked director Chloe Zhao and co-stars Paul Mescal and Emily Watson, whom she called her \u201cnorth star\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cChloe Zhao, you have reminded me of the power of telling a story and the journey that you can go on to touch the deepest parts of what it is to be alive, thank you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul, I bloody love you, man \u2013 and I know loads of other women do in this room too \u2013 but tough shit. I could drink you like water working with you every single day.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re a giant of the heart and thank you so much for making me a little bit more human.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Buckley said his daughter had \u201cremained herself throughout it all\u201d and the joy his daughter felt on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,898,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-228952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news-ticker","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}