
Jessie Buckley celebrates UK Mother's Day with history-making Oscar win
USA TODAY
Jessie Buckley is having a marvelous Mother's Day (celebrated on March 15 in the U.K.) after winning the Oscar for best actress.
Jessie Buckley is having a marvelous Mother's Day.
The Irish actress won the coveted award for best actress during the Oscars Sunday night, March 15, beating out a stacked category that included nominations for Emma Stone and Kate Hudson. Buckley, 36, became the first Irish actress to win in the category for her performance in "Hamnet," a stunning revisitation of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes' life from director Chloé Zhao.
Buckley, clad in an elegant red and pink strapless gown, accepted the accolade with a rousing speech, thanking her husband and the team behind the film, and gushing over the emotional complexity of motherhood.
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"Thank you to the incredible women that I stand beside," she said of her fellow nominees, adding, "Mom, Dad, thank you for teaching us to dream."













