Buckley’s performance has already earned her a win at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards and she is seen as a contender for an Oscars nomination. pic.twitter.com/kV1qXP56gs — Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 12, 2026Ireland’s president and premier both congratulated Buckley on her win. “Congratulations Jessie Buckley on winning Best Actress at the Golden Globes for your powerful and captivating performance in Hamnet,” Taoiseach Micheal Martin said. “The town is pinching itself today because her talent is connecting and moving and inspiring people all over the world, but she’s done that to Killarney town since 2008, when she was on that BBC show (I’d Do Anything). “We’re just so incredibly proud and I think the whole town is.”Fiona Crowley, of the Fiona Crowley Stage School, said Buckley stood out from a young age.
Source: The Herald January 12, 2026 15:39 UTC