Jessie Buckley
Biography
Jessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer born on December 28, 1989, in Killarney, Ireland. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Throughout her career, she has received significant critical recognition, including an Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first Irish woman to win in that category. Her list of accolades also includes a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA. In addition to these wins, she has received an additional nomination for an Academy Award. Buckley is recognized for her work across both film and television, maintaining a professional profile with numerous credits in the entertainment industry.
Career overview
Jessie Buckley began her professional career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything, where she finished in second place. Following her training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she transitioned into onscreen acting with roles in television series produced by the BBC. Her early television credits include appearances in War & Peace, which aired in 2016, and Taboo, which aired in 2017.
Buckley made her feature film debut in 2017, securing the lead role in the film Beast. Following this debut, she gained further prominence through her breakout performance as an aspiring country music singer. Throughout her career, she has accumulated 54 known credits in acting, establishing a consistent presence in film and television productions.
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- The Bride! (2026) as Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley
- The Scarecrows' Wedding (2026) as Betty O'Barley (voice)
- Hamnet (2025) as Agnes
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors (2025) as Self
- How to Shoot a Ghost (2025) as Anthi
- Inside Look: Hamnet (2025) as Self
- Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (2025) as Self
- Wicked Little Letters (2024) as Rose Gooding
- Quintessentially Irish (2024) as Self
- Three Hares (2024) as Narrator
- The Cable That Changed the World (2024) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Fingernails (2023) as Anna
- Men (2022) as Harper
- Women Talking (2022) as Mariche
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022) as Isabel Fezziwig (voice)
- The Lost Daughter (2021) as Young Leda Caruso
- National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2021) as Juliet
- Dolittle (2020) as Queen Victoria
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) as Young Woman
- Misbehaviour (2020) as Jo Robinson
- The Courier (2020) as Sheila Wynne
- Chernobyl (2019) as Lyudmilla Ignatenko
- Judy (2019) as Rosalyn Wilder
- Rob & Romesh Vs (2019)
- Wild Rose (2019) as Rose-Lynn Harlan
- Wild Rose (2019) Songs
- A Battle in Waterloo (2019) as Ellen
- Pulsar (2018) as Cassa
- The Woman in White (2018) as Marian Halcombe
- Beast (2018) as Moll Huntford
- Taboo (2017) as Lorna Bow
- Red Light (2017) as Kelly
- The Last Post (2017) as Honor Martin
- War and Peace (2016) as Marya Bolkonskaya
- Movies with Ali Plumb (2016) as Self
- The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet (2016) as Juliet
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015) as Perdita
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Fargo (2014) as Oraetta Mayflower
- The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2014) as Miranda
- Endeavour (2013) as Kitty Batten
- Join My Band (2012) as Stella
- Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love (2011) as Emily Strong
- I'd Do Anything (2008) as Herself - Potential Nancy
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002) as Self
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA (1995) as Self
- Great Performances (1971) as Juliet
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Three Incestuous Sisters as Clothilde
- Hold On to Your Angels