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Podcast: Oscar Success and Taoiseach in Washington
Buckley won for her role in Hamnet, completing a year of accolades including a Bafta and Golden Globe, dedicating the award to motherhood’s complex love.
- On Sunday, Kerry-born actress Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress Oscar at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, becoming the first Irish woman to win for her role in Hamnet.
- Following wins at the Bafta, Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards, Buckley's Oscar completed her accolades for her role in Hamnet, which earned eight nominations.
- During her acceptance speech Sunday night, Buckley dedicated her award to 'the beautiful chaos of a mother's heart', thanked her husband Freddie Sorensen and their eight-month-old daughter Isla, and called the win her 'greatest honor'.
- Ireland marked the night by celebrating Buckley and fellow winner Richard Baneham, with President Catherine Connelly praising both for a strong night in Irish film and the performing arts.
- With prior stage and screen acclaim, Buckley's career—from RADA training to a second Oscar nomination for The Lost Daughter—underscores her sustained ascent.
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For Jessie Buckley, winning the Best Actress Oscar by playing an unforgettable mother at Hamnet, just when she debuted as a mom last year, it's something special. And besides, she got it on the day that mothers are celebrated in England. "It looks like some kind of magic alchemy that all these things coincide on a day like today. My daughter got her first tooth this week. I woke up with her lying on my chest, huddling with me," said the 36-year-…
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