Jessie Buckley
Biography
Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include the Academy Award for Best Actress (becoming the first Irish woman to win the award), a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA, in addition to an additional nomination for an Academy Award. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything, in which she came second. A RADA graduate, her early onscreen appearances were in BBC television series such as War & Peace (2016) and Taboo (2017). Buckley made her film debut with the lead role in Beast (2017), followed by her breakout role as an aspiring country music singer in the musical film Wild Rose (2018); the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Buckley's career progressed with starring roles in films such as I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), Men (2022), Women Talking (2022) and Wicked Little Letters (2023). For her performance as a troubled mother in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), she received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She gained further recognition for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in the period drama Hamnet (2025), receiving a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, an Actor Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress. On television, Buckley has starred in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and season four of Fargo (2020). On stage, Buckley's portrayal of Sally Bowles in a 2021 West End theatre revival of Cabaret won her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2022, she released the collaborative album For All Our Days That Tear the Heart with Bernard Butler, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Buckley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Fargo
2014
Great Performances
1971
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Chernobyl
2019
Endeavour
2013
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Fargo
as Oraetta Mayflower · 2014
Great Performances
as Juliet · 1971
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Later... with Jools Holland
· 1992
Chernobyl
as Lyudmilla Ignatenko · 2019
Endeavour
as Kitty Batten · 2013
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self · 2002
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Bride!
as Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley · 2026
Taboo
as Lorna Bow · 2017
Hamnet
as Agnes · 2025
Dolittle
as Queen Victoria · 2020
War and Peace
as Marya Bolkonskaya · 2016
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self · 1995
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self · 2025
The Courier
as Sheila Wynne · 2020
The Lost Daughter
as Young Leda Caruso · 2021
Men
as Harper · 2022
Women Talking
as Mariche · 2022
Wicked Little Letters
as Rose Gooding · 2024
Rob & Romesh Vs
· 2019
The Last Post
as Honor Martin · 2017
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Isabel Fezziwig (voice) · 2022
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as Young Woman · 2020
Fingernails
as Anna · 2023
I'd Do Anything
as Herself - Potential Nancy · 2008
The Woman in White
as Marian Halcombe · 2018
Movies with Ali Plumb
as Self · 2016
Wild Rose
as Rose-Lynn Harlan · 2019
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
as Emily Strong · 2011
Misbehaviour
as Jo Robinson · 2020
Judy
as Rosalyn Wilder · 2019
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
as Self · 2023
Beast
as Moll Huntford · 2018
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet · 2021
The Scarecrows' Wedding
as Betty O'Barley (voice) · 2026
How to Shoot a Ghost
as Anthi · 2025
A Battle in Waterloo
as Ellen · 2019
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Perdita · 2015
Three Incestuous Sisters
as Clothilde
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
as Self · 2025
The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Miranda · 2014
Quintessentially Irish
as Self · 2024
Pulsar
as Cassa · 2018
Hold On to Your Angels
Red Light
as Kelly · 2017
The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet · 2016
Inside Look: Hamnet
as Self · 2025
The Cable That Changed the World
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
Join My Band
as Stella · 2012
Three Hares
as Narrator · 2024