Based on the book by Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet is a fictional account of the lives of playwright William Shakespeare – played by Paul Mescal – and his wife Agnes, played by Buckley.<\/p>\n
“Congratulations to Jessie Buckley on her wonderful achievement in winning a Golden Globe at this year’s ceremony in Los Angeles,” President Connolly said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Congratulations too to Paul Mescal, Maggie O’Farrell, Element Pictures and Wild Atlantic Pictures on their very significant achievement in being nominated for Golden Globes.<\/p>\n
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\nJessie Buckley celebrates in the press room following her win<\/p>\n
“This award is a fantastic recognition of Jessie Buckley’s outstanding work, and of the continued exceptional success of the whole Irish film industry.<\/p>\n
“May I further extend my best wishes to all those who have supported her both in this performance and across her career.”<\/p>\n
Watch: Paul Mescal pays glowing tribute to Jessie Buckley after her Golden Globe win<\/p>\n
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The Taoiseach also congratulated the Killarney native, saying her Golden Globe win was “richly deserved”.<\/p>\n
Congratulations Jessie Buckley on winning Best Actress at the Golden Globes for your powerful and captivating performance in Hamnet.<\/p>\n
Richly deserved.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Miche\u00e1l Martin (@MichealMartinTD) January 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Ms O’Farrell has said that the film winning best drama “signifies a really communal effort”.<\/p>\n The bestselling author, who wrote the novel of the same name, described the team behind the film as a “family”.<\/p>\n Speaking from LA, the Northern Irish writer told BBC Radio 4’s Today: “The film world isn’t really my world.<\/p>\n “I’m very used to the book world. It’s just – I think what’s very different about winning an award like this – is it signifies a really communal effort.<\/p>\n “You know, it’s a kind of family. It’s the Hamnet family, and we all made the film together, and everybody’s been recognised, which is just really, really lovely.<\/p>\n “It’s pretty buoyant, I have to say. Everybody’s really excited. And Jessie, of course, Jessie Buckley was singled out for her best efforts, which was really fantastic to see. So everybody’s pretty happy. I can certainly say that.”<\/p>\n Mescal was nominated for best supporting actor at the Golden Globes, but lost out to Stellan Skarsgard for his role in Sentimental Value, while Chloe Zhao and Ms O’Farrell were nominated for best screenplay and Zhao was nominated for best director, but both categories were won by One Battle After Another.<\/p>\n We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences<\/a><\/p>\n