Jessie Buckley
Irish actress and singer whose acclaimed screen and stage performances have earned Academy Award, BAFTA, and Laurence Olivier Award recognition.
Jessie Buckley - Personal Information
- Name: Jessie Buckley
- Date of Birth: December 28, 1989
- Place of Birth: Killarney, Ireland
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Songs
Biography
Jessie Buckley (born December 28, 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. The accolades she has received include a Golden Globe Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards.
Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC TV 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 playing the lead role in Beast (2017) and had her breakthrough starring in the musical film Wild Rose (2018). Her performance as an aspiring country music singer in 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 the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), season four of Fargo (2020), The Lost Daughter (2021), Men (2022) and Women Talking (2022). Her performance in The Lost Daughter earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Jessie Buckley's most notable recent screen and stage appearances.
- The Bride! (2026) as The Bride / Ida / Mary Shelley
- The Scarecrows' Wedding (2025) as Betty O'Barley (voice)
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors (TV - 2025) as Self
- Hamnet (2025) as Agnes
- How to Shoot a Ghost (2025)
- Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (2025) as Self
- Three Hares (2024) as Narrator
- The Cable That Changed the World (2024) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Quintessentially Irish (2024) as Self
- Wicked Little Letters (2024) as Rose Gooding
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