Jessie Buckley faces 'deafening' pressure as Oscar frontrunner for Hamnet role
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Key Points
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1Jessie Buckley (36) has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in her role as Hamnet's wife.
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2She finds it 'hard to take' and is overwhelmed by the intense pressure from fans, particularly Irish supporters calling their support deafeningly loud.
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3Buckley already holds a Bafta, Golden Globe, Critics Choice award before this Oscar frontrunner status for her performance in Hamnet.
Developments
Jessie Buckley won Best Actress at the 2026 Oscars after her role in *Hamnet*, defeating nominees including Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Renate Reinsve, and Emma Stone. During an emotional speech on Mother's Day Sunday hosted by Conan O'Brien, she dedicated the award to mothers while thanking fellow contenders for their performances across eight nominated categories of awards season films like The Lost Daughter (2019) which was previously recognized with a SAG Award in 2023 and BAFTA.
Jessie Buckley won Best Actress at the 2026 Oscars for her role as Agnes Shakespeare in Chloe Zhao's film *Hamnet*. She defeated competitors including Rose Byrne, Renate Reinsve, Emma Stone, and Kate Hudson during Sunday night's ceremony.
Jessie Buckley is tipped as an Oscar frontrunner and history-maker if she wins Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards, becoming Ireland's first-ever winner. She earned these accolades for her role playing Shakespeare's wife in *Hamnet*, a performance that has already secured Bafta, Golden Globe, Critics Choice awards while also influencing personal milestones like the birth of her child and clarifying past comments about cats.
Oscar frontrunner Jessie Buckley is tipped for the Best Actress award if she wins it in *Hamnet*, which would make history as Ireland's first-ever best actress winner. The 36-year-old, who recently became a mother and clarified her love of cats after previous backlash over comments about felines, previously won Bafta Golden Globe awards before this nomination for portraying Shakespeare's wife Agnes (Anne).