Jessie Buckley stands on the windswept Norfolk coastline, and Jack Davison’s camera captures something beyond celebrity—a woman who has traveled an improbable distance and arrived exactly where she belongs. From rural Ireland to the threshold of the Oscars, her journey really could be a film in itself.
Her portrayal of Agnes in HAMNET devastates. Shakespeare’s wife emerges not as a footnote to genius but as a woman of staggering emotional complexity, inhabited with a rawness that feels almost dangerous to witness. This is what happens when an actor refuses to protect herself from the full weight of a character’s grief and rage and love.
The trajectory defies the usual logic of stardom. No viral moment, no strategic reinvention. Just a teenage girl who didn’t make it through a talent show audition, absorbed that rejection, and kept moving. She worked quietly, methodically, and became exceptional. Not famous first and talented later, but the reverse—a master of her craft only now being recognized on the scale she deserves.
What British Vogue captures in their February 2026 issue is this precise inflection point. Hayley Maitland’s profile finds Buckley at home, newly a mother, standing at the edge of fame that changes everything. Yet what emerges is someone remarkably unaltered, talking about grit and greatness with straightforwardness because these things have never been abstract for her.
Against the vast Norfolk sky and churning sea, Buckley looks both grounded and mythic—the visual equivalent of what she brings to HAMNET. An ability to embody one woman so completely that she becomes all women, all fierce maternal love colliding with unbearable loss.
What makes this moment compelling is how thoroughly she has earned it. The industry is littered with flashes in the pan. Buckley represents something else: the slow accumulation of expertise, the patient construction of a body of work that reveals not just talent but discipline. She is, quite frankly, in a class of her own.
As awards season accelerates, it’s worth pausing on what best actress actually means—not most famous, but best. The one who disappears most completely, who makes you forget you’re watching someone perform. By that measure, Buckley’s frontrunner status isn’t hype. It’s just accurate. Her performance in HAMNET will rip your heart out through nothing more mysterious than absolute commitment to the truth of a moment.
@hozier and HAMNET actress Jessie Buckley have teamed up for FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK.
As part of Shane MacGowan’s tribute album, 20th CENTURY PADDY, they join @u2, @springsteen and @kingfishrofficial on 36 tracks that span the length of MacGowan’s musical career.
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Brendan Gleeson is back, and he’s carrying a whole town on his shoulders🔥
In THE GOOD DAUGHTER, Gleeson plays Rusty Quinn, a rumpled, fearless defense attorney in rural Pikeville, Georgia, the man who defends the town’s outcasts and drives corrupt authorities mad.
Watch now via 🔗︎ in bio!
Jamie Dornan opens up to @latenightseth about the intense prep for the upcoming thriller 12 12 12.
He also looks back on hosting Saturday Night Live and shares his excitement about stepping into the Lord of the Rings universe. 💍⚔️
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Before the stage, before the screen, before FLEABAG, there was porridge.🥣
Andrew Scott joins @jimmykimmell and takes us back to his very first acting gig as a kid: an Irish porridge commercial. Yes, really.
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DERRY GIRLS darling @nicolacoughlan returns to our TVs in I AM HELEN.
This critically acclaimed BAFTA-winning anthology series pairs Coughlan with PEAKY BLINDERS star Joe Cole!
Watch new trailer now via 🔗︎ in bio!
BROOKLYN fans, this one is for you 🎬
Caitríona Balfe is back in a Colm Tóibín adaptation, and A LONG WINTER lands in cinemas this January 2027. Based on Tóibín’s 2006 short story, the film casts Caitríona as Louise, a mother at the heart of a stark, emotional drama.
More details via 🔗︎ in bio!
Mayo`s own @philippa.dunne is pure joy!
On this week`s @latelaterte, Philippa shares childhood memories of growing up in Mayo that shaped her, and what it’s really like to bring unforgettable characters to life on screen.
If you love Irish screen stories told by the people who live them, watch now via 🔗︎ in bio!
Everyone`s favourite Andrew returns to the @britishfilminstitute London Film Festival with his new film ELSINORE.
Few actors of the stage and screen have attracted as much acclaim in recent years as Andrew Scott, both for the emotional depth of his performances and for the subtlety and nuance he brings to them.
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Like father, like son!
Aran Murphy is following in his father Cillian`s footsteps with a major role in the new @sharonhorgan show YOUTH.
The 19-year-old is relatively new to the acting world but has had a very busy few months as of late, stepping out on red carpets and giving plenty of interviews for his first roles.
Let`s hear it for Ireland`s next wave of amazing acting talent!
