Ireland celebrates Jessie Buckley as country's first Best Actress Oscar winner
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Jessie Buckley created history by becoming the first Irish Best Actress Oscar winner. President Catherine Connolly congratulated Buckley on her achievement.
Actor Jessie Buckley on Sunday night made Oscar history, becoming the first Best Actress winner from Ireland. In Ireland, President Catherine Connolly led the nation's celebrations for Buckley, alongside Irish animator Richard Baneham, who took home the award for Best Visual Effects for Avatar: Fire and Ash.
President Connolly praised Buckley's "outstanding performance in Hamnet." The president also acknowledged Buckley's "both in film and on stage," throughout her acting career.
"Jessie Buckley’s award is an historic moment. This achievement is a thoroughly deserved testament not only to Jessie’s outstanding performance in Hamnet, but to her performances both in film and on stage across her career to date. I know that her proud community in Kerry and beyond will be sharing with her in this wonderful achievement," Connolly said in a statement, as reported by Variety.
Prime Minister Michel Martin expressed his admiration for Buckley on X. He wrote, "Congratulations Jessie Buckley on your historic Oscar success! A well deserved win too for Richard Baneham on a wonderful night for Irish film and the performing arts (sic)."
Congratulations Jessie Buckley on your historic Oscar success!A well deserved win too for Richard Baneham on a wonderful night for Irish film and the performing arts. pic.twitter.com/tOC9q5JJo4— Michel Martin (@MichealMartinTD) March 16, 2026
Buckley portrays a woman coping with the death of her young son in director Chlo Zhao’s Hamnet. The actor's brother Killian while speaking to Irish broadcaster RTE, said, "I’m so, so proud of her, it’s just beautiful to see somebody like that. She’s my sister but she’s such a kind person and she’s a real person."
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