“Oscars 2026”: Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress
This is stated on the official website of the Oscars.
At the 98th Academy Awards ceremony, Jessie Buckley won the award for Best Actress for her role in the film “Hamnet”. The ceremony took place on 15 March 2026.
Alongside Buckley, Rose Byrne for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”, Kate Hudson for “Song Sung Blue”, Renate Reinsve for “Sentimental Value” and Emma Stone for “Bugonia” were also nominated in this category.
Jessie Buckley was born in 1989 in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Her mother worked as a singing teacher, and the future actress herself had been passionate about music since childhood and took part in theatre productions. These biographical details are taken from the original text.
In 2008, Buckley became one of the most prominent contestants on the British show I’d Do Anything, which was searching for an actress to play the role of Nancy in a new version of the musical Oliver!. She came second in the competition.
In 2013, the actress graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), considered one of the most prestigious theatre schools in the UK.
Buckley took her first serious steps in her career on the theatre stage, notably performing at the Globe. She later began appearing regularly in BBC television projects. Among her notable work from that period are roles in the series “War and Peace” and “Taboo”.
The actress gained widespread recognition for her role as Lyudmila Ignatenko in the HBO miniseries “Chernobyl”, in which she played the wife of firefighter Vasyl Ignatenko, one of the first liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. These details are provided in the original text.
Buckley also gained popularity for her roles in the films “The Beast”, “I Think I’ll End It All” and “The Vile Little Messengers”.
The events of the film “Hamnet” unfold in 16th-century England. At the heart of the plot is Agnes Hathaway, the wife of the young William Shakespeare, played by Paul Mescal. The story depicts how the family copes with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet, who dies of the plague.
The film focuses on the themes of profound loss and grief. Agnes tries to cope with the tragedy in Stratford, whilst her husband in London experiences this pain in his own way, turning it into inspiration for writing one of his most famous plays – “Hamlet”. The plot summary is provided in the source text.
