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Irish actress Jessie Buckley becomes Ireland's first Best Actress Oscar winner for Hamnet, celebrated at home by President Catherine Connolly; Buckley dedicated the award to mothers and joked about her eight‑month‑old daughter, while locals in Kerry posted posters in her honor. The night also highlighted Richard Baneham's Best Visual Effects win for Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Jessie Buckley won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hamnet, capping a dominant awards season and marking her first Oscar; the 98th Academy Awards were held March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre.
At the 2026 Oscars, One Battle After Another captured Best Picture, edging Sinners after a season of precursors, with PTA’s film favored by critics and the broader, more diverse Academy; the night also awarded Michael B. Jordan (Best Actor) and Jessie Buckley (Best Actress), while Sean Penn and Amy Madigan won Supporting Actor/Actress, and Anderson and Coogler took screenplay-related honors, illustrating how shifting membership and campaign dynamics shaped the outcome.
Jessie Buckley’s hometown of Killarney is buzzing as bookmakers name her the favorite to win Best Actress for Hamnet, a potential historic win for Ireland, fueling local celebrations and pride in her rise from Kerry theatre to Hollywood.
A star-studded tribute album, 20th Century Paddy – The Songs of Shane MacGowan, is in the works with Bruce Springsteen's cover of A Rainy Night In Soho as the first single, and includes a Hozier–Jessie Buckley duet along with contributions from Johnny Depp with Imelda May and other acts; due for release in November, the project will donate 50% of royalties to Dublin's Simon Community, with Springsteen praising MacGowan’s raw, fearless songwriting.
A thoughtful, opinionated piece argues Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is a maximalist, feminist horror that underperformed financially due to persistent misogyny and biased reception. It praises the film as a bold love letter to cinema with a standout performance by Jessie Buckley and an auteur-driven vision, and contends the movie’s value lies in the conversations it sparks about gender, rage, and selfhood rather than opening-weekend ticket sales.
Gold Derby reveals the ballot of Secret Oscar Voter 2: Hamnet is named Best Picture, Jessie Buckley is Best Actress for Hamnet, and Wagner Moura is Best Actor for The Secret Agent. Additional picks include Paul Thomas Anderson as Best Director for One Battle After Another, Teyana Taylor as Best Supporting Actress, Stellan Skarsgård as Best Supporting Actor, Hamnet for Adapted Screenplay, and Sinners for Original Screenplay.
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is a bold, noisy, and wildly ambitious reimagining of Bride of Frankenstein that fuses horror, gangster drama, and musical spectacle, but it remains incoherent and overreaching, with Jessie Buckley’s performance feeling one-note amid a film that never settles on a clear vision or message about cinema or female rage.
Gold Derby reveals Voter 1’s secret Oscar ballot after voting closes, naming One Battle After Another as Best Picture; Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Director; Jessie Buckley for Best Actress; Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor; Teyana Taylor for Best Supporting Actress; Stellan Skarsgård for Best Supporting Actor; One Battle After Another as Best Adapted Screenplay and Sinners for Best Original Screenplay.
Critics are divided on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, a Frankenstein-inspired pastiche led by Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Some praise Buckley’s ferocious performance and the film’s bold, musical-infused energy, while others fault its coherence and trippy final act. Current scores sit around 49% on Rotten Tomatoes and 57 on Metacritic, signaling mixed Oscar-season chatter and a polarizing reception to this audacious departure.
Jessie Buckley leads Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, a loud, stylish reimagining of the Frankenstein myth that roars with dance numbers and retro flair but is hampered by uneven plotting and sporadic clunkiness; it effectively showcases Buckley’s talents and a chic 1930s aesthetic, yet its ambitions occasionally overwhelm its focus on consent and feminism.
Christian Bale headlines The Bride! at its New York premiere, playing Frankenstein who seeks a companion, with Jessie Buckley as the Bride; the event drew a starry lineup including Jake Gyllenhaal, Annette Bening, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julianne Hough, Peter Sarsgaard and others, with photographers spotlighting the best looks of the night.
Michael B. Jordan stunned the SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards by winning Best Actor for Sinners, a win that upsets the Oscar race and helped Sinners take the film ensemble prize; Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, with Catherine O’Hara accepting Comedy Actress on The Studio’s behalf, as The Studio also swept TV comedy acting and The Pitt grabbed Drama Series Ensemble, among other wins across drama and limited-series categories during the Netflix-streamed ceremony that’s fueling Oscar chatter.
Hamnet, Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, will stream on Peacock starting March 6, timed to the Oscars. Jessie Buckley stars as Anne Hathaway opposite Paul Mescal, with the film earning eight Oscar nominations including best picture and lead actress.
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! premiered in London to praise for its bold, gothic reimagining of Frankenstein, with Jessie Buckley delivering a standout, magnetic performance and Christian Bale receiving early praise; the 1930s Chicago-set drama/monster romance, inspired by Shelley’s work and echoing Bride of Frankenstein, is directed by Gyllenhaal. Early social-media reactions celebrate the film’s audacious visuals and performances, ahead of its March 6 theatrical release (critics’ embargo lifts March 4).