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Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Acting
Born: Dec 28, 1989
From: Killarney, Ireland
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include the Academy Award for Best Actress (becoming the first Irish woman to win the award), a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA, in addition to an additional nomination for an Academy Award. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC 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 with the lead role in Beast (2017), followed by her breakout role as an aspiring country music singer in the musical film Wild Rose (2018); 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 films such as I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), Men (2022), Women Talking (2022) and Wicked Little Letters (2023). For her performance as a troubled mother in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), she received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
The Bride! The Bride / Ida / … 2026 6.3
The Scarecrows' Wedding Betty O'Barley (voice) 2026
Hamnet Agnes 2025 7.7
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story Self 2025 7.5
How to Shoot a Ghost Anthi 2025 6.0
Wicked Little Letters Rose Gooding 2024 6.933
Quintessentially Irish Self 2024 6.4
The Cable That Changed the World Self - Narrator (voice) 2024 6.0
Three Hares Narrator 2024
Fingernails Anna 2023 5.947
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Isabel Fezziwig (voice) 2022 6.8
Men Harper 2022 6.081
Women Talking Mariche 2022 6.83
The Lost Daughter Young Leda Caruso 2021 6.461
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Juliet 2021 6.1
Misbehaviour Jo Robinson 2020 6.4
The Courier Sheila Wynne 2020 7.026
Dolittle Queen Victoria 2020 6.6
I'm Thinking of Ending Things Young Woman 2020 6.6
Wild Rose Rose-Lynn Harlan 2019 6.77
Judy Rosalyn Wilder 2019 6.681
A Battle in Waterloo Ellen 2019 6.0
Beast Moll Huntford 2018 6.5
Pulsar Cassa 2018 4.3
Red Light Kelly 2017 5.5
The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet Juliet 2016 5.7
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale Perdita 2015 7.7
The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Miranda 2014 8.3
Join My Band Stella 2012
Three Incestuous Sisters Clothilde
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1989
FromKillarney, Ireland