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Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Born: 1989-12-28 • Killarney, Ireland

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.

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Filmography
The Bride! poster
The Bride!
2026 • The Bride / Ida / Mary Shelley
The Scarecrows' Wedding poster
The Scarecrows' Wedding
2025 • Betty O'Barley (voice)
Hamnet poster
Hamnet
2025 • Agnes
How to Shoot a Ghost poster
How to Shoot a Ghost
2025 • Anthi
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story poster
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025 • Self
Three Hares poster
Three Hares
2024 • Narrator
The Cable That Changed the World poster
The Cable That Changed the World
2024 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Quintessentially Irish poster
Quintessentially Irish
2024 • Self
Wicked Little Letters poster
Wicked Little Letters
2024 • Rose Gooding
Fingernails poster
Fingernails
2023 • Anna
Women Talking poster
Women Talking
2022 • Mariche
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol poster
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022 • Isabel Fezziwig (voice)
Men poster
Men
2022 • Harper
The Lost Daughter poster
The Lost Daughter
2021 • Young Leda Caruso
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet poster
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021 • Juliet
I'm Thinking of Ending Things poster
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 • Young Woman
Misbehaviour poster
Misbehaviour
2020 • Jo Robinson
The Courier poster
The Courier
2020 • Sheila Wynne
Dolittle poster
Dolittle
2020 • Queen Victoria
Judy poster
Judy
2019 • Rosalyn Wilder
A Battle In Waterloo poster
A Battle In Waterloo
2019 • Ellen
Wild Rose poster
Wild Rose
2019 • Rose-Lynn Harlan
Pulsar poster
Pulsar
2018 • Cassa
Beast poster
Beast
2018 • Moll Huntford
Red Light poster
Red Light
2017 • Kelly
The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet poster
The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet
2016 • Juliet
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale poster
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015 • Perdita
The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2014 • Miranda
No Image
Join My Band
2012 • Stella
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret poster
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
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Three Incestuous Sisters
— • Clothilde