{"id":478503,"date":"2026-03-16T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/478503\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:26:10","slug":"jessie-buckley-makes-oscars-history-as-she-becomes-first-irish-best-actress-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/478503\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Buckley makes Oscars history as she becomes first Irish best actress winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessie Buckley<\/a> made Oscars history<\/a> as the first ever Irish Best Actress winner.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old took home the award for her portrayal of William Shakespeare<\/a>\u2019s wife Agnes \u2013 historically known as Anne \u2013 in the film adaptation of Maggie O\u2019Farrell novel Hamnet, and dedicated her win to the \u201cbeautiful chaos of a mother\u2019s heart\u201d.<\/p>\n

Directed by Chloe Zhao, the film follows the couple as they deal with the grief of losing their son.<\/p>\n

Who won big at the 98th Academy Awards? The full list of winners<\/a><\/p>\n

Buckley burst into tears after hearing her name and used her acceptance speech to thank her team, family and fellow nominees as well as to pay tribute to the women who \u201ccreate against all odds\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Jessie<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley made history on Sunday night with her Oscar win (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cThis is really something.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to the incredible women that I stand beside. I am inspired by your art and your heart and I want to work with every single one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMum, Dad, thank you for teaching us to dream and to never be defined by expectation but to carve from your own passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buckley also called out her husband and \u201cbest friend\u201d, Freddie Sorensen, who she married in 2023 with the couple having their first child last year.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cFred, I love you, man, I love you. You\u2019re the most incredible dad. You\u2019re my best friend and I want to have 20,000 more babies with you.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Isla, my little girl, who is eight months, who has absolutely no idea what\u2019s going on and is probably dreaming of milk, but this is kind of a big deal and I love you, and I love being your mum and I can\u2019t wait to discover life beside you.<\/p>\n

\"<\/p>\n

(AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Marking Mother\u2019s Day, Buckley went on to dedicate her award to \u201cthe beautiful chaos of a mother\u2019s heart\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cChloe and Maggie, to get to know this incandescent woman and journey to understand the capacity of a mother\u2019s love is the greatest collision of my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for recognising me in this role. This is the greatest honour. I can\u2019t even believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buckley beat Song Sung Blue actress Kate Hudson and Bugonia star Emma Stone<\/a> who were also up for the best actress award along with If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You star Rose Byrne and Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve for her role in Sentimental Value.<\/p>\n

The Irish actress triumphed throughout this year\u2019s award season with the Oscar<\/a> win completing her collection of accolades which includes a Bafta, Golden Globe and Critics\u2019 Choice award for her role in the film.<\/p>\n

Born in Killarney, Buckley spent five years studying at an all-girls convent school before going on to join the BBC talent show I\u2019d Do Anything in 2008, aged 17.<\/p>\n

The show documented the search for a new lead to play Nancy in the West End revival of the musical Oliver! with Buckley ending as runner up, losing out to Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger.<\/p>\n

\"Buckley<\/p>\n

Buckley pictured with Best Actor winner Michael B. Jordan (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

She went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Rada) in London and graduated with a BA in acting in 2013.<\/p>\n

Her stage career kicked off that same year with the star performing at Shakespeare\u2019s Globe in a production of The Tempest before starring alongside The Holiday actor Jude Law<\/a> in a West End production of Henry V.<\/p>\n

Buckley later starred in the TV series adaptation of Leo Tolstoy\u2019s War & Peace in 2016, portraying Marya Bolkonskaya, and made her film debut a year later in Michael Pearce\u2019s psychological thriller Beast alongside Emma actor Johnny Flynn.<\/p>\n

She later starred in Wild Rose (2018), a coming-of-age musical drama about a troubled single mother of two and former convict, Rose-Lynn from Glasgow, who tries to follow her dream of becoming a country singer \u2013 a role which won her the 2019 Scottish Bafta for best actress.<\/p>\n

She also has a string of TV credits including playing Lyudmilla Ignatenko in the 2019 HBO drama Chernobyl and later starred in the hit series Fargo as Oraetta Mayflower.<\/p>\n

Her film credits include starring in The Lost Daughter (2021) alongside Olivia Colman, a role which scored her first Oscar nod for best supporting actress, and period drama Women Talking (2022).<\/p>\n

In 2022 Buckley won the Laurence Olivier Award for best actress in a musical for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in Cabaret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessie Buckley made Oscars history as the first ever Irish Best Actress winner. The 36-year-old took home the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[170282,46821,96,7205,59,1666,46823,73053,170281,56,54,55,73066],"class_list":["post-478503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-beautiful-chaos","tag-chloe-zhao","tag-entertainment","tag-film-adaptation","tag-gb","tag-getty-images","tag-jessie-buckley","tag-maggie-ofarrell","tag-oscars-history","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-william-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}