Jessie Buckley

Buckley was born in Killarney, County Kerry,{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Greg |title=Who is Jessie Buckley? Kerry star gets first Oscar nod for 'The Lost Daughter' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40803612.html |work=Irish Examiner |date=9 February 2022 |language=en |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904072056/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40803612.html |url-status=live|quote=Jessie Buckley was born in Killarney, Co Kerry, in December 1989 and is the eldest of one brother and three sisters. }} to Marina Cassidy and Tim Buckley.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0209/1278742-jessie-buckley/|title=Jessie Buckley's dad on her 'wonderful' Oscar nod|date=9 February 2022|access-date=4 March 2022|website=Rte.ie|archive-date=8 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308201408/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0209/1278742-jessie-buckley/|url-status=live|quote=The 32-year-old Kerry star...}} She has a younger brother and three younger sisters.

She attended Ursuline Secondary School, an all-girls convent school in Thurles, County Tipperary, where her mother works as a vocal coach{{cite news |last=Dundon |first=Noel |title=Thurles Student Destined for West End? |date=20 March 2008 |publisher=Tipperary Star |url=http://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/Thurles-StudentDestined-for-West-End.3916323.jp |access-date=14 June 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217195621/http://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/Thurles-StudentDestined-for-West-End.3916323.jp |archive-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} and where she performed in school productions. She played a number of male roles at school, including the male lead role of Tony in the musical West Side Story and Freddie Trumper in Chess.{{cite news |last=Webster |first=Nick |title=Nancy favourite Jessie Buckley was even a star as a MALE lead |publisher=Daily Mirror |date=19 April 2008 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/latest/2008/04/19/nancy-favourite-jessie-buckley-was-even-a-star-as-a-male-lead-89520-20387357/ |access-date=3 June 2008 |archive-date=7 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007040658/http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/latest/2008/04/19/nancy-favourite-jessie-buckley-was-even-a-star-as-a-male-lead-89520-20387357/ |url-status=dead }} She reached grade eight in piano, clarinet, and harp at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and was a member of the Tipperary Millennium Orchestra. She attended summer workshops with the Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) to improve her singing and acting, and it was here that she was recognised as a talented actress and encouraged to apply for drama school in London. Just before she auditioned for I'd Do Anything, she was turned down by two drama schools, including one the day before her first audition for the show.

Buckley attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in January 2013.

Buckley began her career as a contestant on I'd Do Anything, a talent show centred on the search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy in the 2009 West End revival of the British musical Oliver!.{{cite news |title=Nancy Contestants – Jessie |website=BBC |date=22 March 2008 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/oliver/contestants/nancy/jessie.shtml |access-date=10 May 2008 |archive-date=26 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326184306/http://www.bbc.co.uk/oliver/contestants/nancy/jessie.shtml |url-status=live }} She reached the final on 31 May 2008, finishing in second place behind Jodie Prenger.{{cite news |title=Reviewing the Situation: Final Results, Jodie is Nancy! |publisher=BBC |date=31 May 2008 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/oliver/news/2008/05/31/55312.shtml |access-date=31 May 2008 |archive-date=1 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201135029/http://www.bbc.co.uk/oliver/news/2008/05/31/55312.shtml |url-status=live }} On 26 August 2008, Buckley performed on Denny Street in Tralee, County Kerry for RTÉ Radio 1.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} She followed this with a performance at a charity concert in County Tipperary.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} On 14 September 2008, Buckley performed at an outdoor concert in celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber's birthday in Hyde Park, London. She gave a solo rendition of "I Don't Know How To Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, and sang "Light at the End of the Tunnel" from Starlight Express with fellow I'd Do Anything finalists Keisha Amponsa-Banson, Niamh Perry, Rachel Tucker, as well as Any Dream Will Do finalists Daniel Boys, Lewis Bradley, Ben James-Ellis and Keith Jack.{{cite news |last=Shenton |first=Mark |title=Paige, Menzel, Barrowman and More Celebrate Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park |publisher=Playbill |date=14 September 2008 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121249.html |access-date=1 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917224634/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121249.html |archive-date=17 September 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} On 18 September 2008, she and Aoife Mulholland performed with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at another event held by Lloyd Webber at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.{{cite news |title=Jessie Buckley appeared in NCH, Dublin |publisher=Kerry News Blog |date=22 September 2008 |url=http://kerrynews.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/jessie-buckley-appeared-in-nch-dublin/ |access-date=8 November 2008 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101445/http://kerrynews.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/jessie-buckley-appeared-in-nch-dublin/ |url-status=live }}

Buckley was offered the opportunity to understudy for the role of Nancy,{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4323615.ece |work=The Times |location=London |title=Kerrys Jessie Buckley offered Oliver role |first=Jan |last=Battles |date=13 July 2008 |access-date=6 May 2010 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307174758/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }} but turned it down in favour of another production. On 10 October 2008, it was announced that Buckley would make her West End debut in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music, in the role of Anne Egerman, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, a fringe Studio Theatre, in London from 22 November 2008 to 8 March 2009.{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Billington|title=Theatre review: A Little Night Music / Menier Chocolate Factory, London|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/dec/05/little-night-music-menier-review|date=5 December 2008|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424101155/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/dec/05/little-night-music-menier-review|url-status=live}} She appeared alongside Maureen Lipman and Hannah Waddingham in the production, which was directed by Trevor Nunn.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Alistair |title=I'd Do Anything runner-up Buckley to join Lipman in A Little Night Music |publisher=The Stage |date=10 October 2008 |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/22044/id-do-anything-runner-up-buckley-to-join |access-date=10 October 2008 |archive-date=1 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201150039/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/22044/id-do-anything-runner-up-buckley-to-join |url-status=live }} A Little Night Music transferred from the Menier Chocolate Factory to the Garrick Theatre in London's West End on 7 April 2009. The show closed on 25 July 2009. Since then, she has appeared in a number of concerts nationally, including a Christmas concert alongside Maria Friedman, Cantabile – the London Quartet and Tim Rice,{{cite web |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/26626/friedman-rice-and-buckley-join-cantabile-for |title=Friedman, Rice and Buckley join Cantabile for Christmas concerts – News |publisher=The Stage |access-date=10 August 2013 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612081156/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/26626/friedman-rice-and-buckley-join-cantabile-for |url-status=live }} and in February 2010 she appeared alongside Daniel Boys (and Night Music co-star Kelly Price{{cite web |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/26935/jessie-buckley-to-appear-at-pizza-on-the-park |title=Jessie Buckley to appear at Pizza on the Park – News |publisher=The Stage |access-date=10 August 2013 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611121253/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/26935/jessie-buckley-to-appear-at-pizza-on-the-park |url-status=live }}) in a series of Valentine musical concerts.{{cite web |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/jessie-buckley-valentines-day-concert-112955/ |title=Jessie Buckley – Valentine's Day Concert |website=Official London Theatre |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601232649/https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/jessie-buckley-valentines-day-concert-112955/ |url-status=live }}

In January 2013, Buckley graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.{{cite web |url=http://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles?prof_act=8133 |title=Profiles |publisher=Rada.ac.uk |access-date=10 August 2013 |archive-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826170105/https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles?prof_act=8133 |url-status=live }} During Shakespeare's Globe's 2013 summer season, she played Miranda in The Tempest, and singer Arabella Hunt and Kate in Samuel Adamson's Gabriel.{{cite web |url=http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/on-stage/the-tempest-2013 |title=The Tempest / Shakespeare's Globe |publisher=Shakespearesglobe.com |access-date=10 August 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411190500/http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/on-stage/the-tempest-2013 |archive-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |last=Tripney |first=Natasha |title=Gabriel |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/38777/gabriel |access-date=17 August 2013 |newspaper=The Stage |date=22 July 2013 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022154057/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/38777/gabriel |url-status=live }} In September 2013, Buckley appeared opposite Jude Law in Michael Grandage's West End production of Henry V at the Noël Coward Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/full-cast-announced-for-grandages-henry-v-starring_31990.html|title=Full cast announced for Grandage's Henry V starring Jude Law, who is at the 'peak of his powers'|website=Whatsonstage.com|date=20 September 2013 |access-date=10 February 2019|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607214514/https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/full-cast-announced-for-grandages-henry-v-starring_31990.html|url-status=live}} She also played Perdita in Kenneth Branagh's theatre company production of The Winter's Tale,{{cite web|last=Kellaway|first=Kate|date=15 November 2015|title=The Winter's Tale; Harlequinade; All on Her Own review – a gift to eye and heart|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/nov/15/winters-tale-review-kenneth-branagh-judi-dench-harlequinade-all-on-her-own-|website=The Guardian|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607214446/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/nov/15/winters-tale-review-kenneth-branagh-judi-dench-harlequinade-all-on-her-own-|url-status=live}} which was streamed live to cinemas worldwide on 26 November 2015.

After an episodic appearance in the detective drama series Endeavour, Buckley portrayed Marya Bolkonskaya in BBC's new dramatisation of War and Peace (2016).{{Cite web |title=War and Peace – Characters – BBC One |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/pcqw2nXWtYmwZ4SL1YTDRB/characters |website=BBC |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617212725/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/pcqw2nXWtYmwZ4SL1YTDRB/characters |url-status=live }}[https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/jessie-buckley-interview-the-war-and-peace-star-on-andrew-lloyd-webber-dame-judi-dench-and-a3138466.html "Jessie Buckley, interview: the BBC's War and Peace star on Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Judi Dench and competitive karaoke battles", Evening Standard, 16 December 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201082811/https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/jessie-buckley-interview-the-war-and-peace-star-on-andrew-lloyd-webber-dame-judi-dench-and-a3138466.html |date=1 December 2017 }}. Accessed 24 January 2016 She received acclaim for her performance, with Viv Groskop of The Guardian citing her performance as a highlight of episode two, writing that she plays this supposedly plain and pious character "beautifully".{{Cite news |title=War and Peace recap: episode two – forget pecs appeal, it's all about the flop of the fringe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/jan/10/war-and-peace-recap-episode-two-forget-pecs-appeal-its-all-about-the-flop-of-the-fringe |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=31 January 2016 |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |first=Viv |last=Groskop |archive-date=7 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607214427/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/jan/10/war-and-peace-recap-episode-two-forget-pecs-appeal-its-all-about-the-flop-of-the-fringe |url-status=live }} Buckley continued her television career with a main role in the drama series Taboo (2017), starring Tom Hardy.{{cite news |last1=Frost |first1=Caroline |title='Taboo' Star Jessie Buckley: From 'I'd Do Anything' To 'War And Peace', 9 Facts In 90 Seconds |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jessie-buckley-taboo_uk_5878f133e4b04a8bfe6a7165 |access-date=21 January 2017 |work=HuffPost |date=13 January 2017 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929173018/https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=2_cc-session_8201c368-8bb1-42be-9adb-e614e6f0d099 |url-status=live }} She also starred as Honor Martin in BBC One's drama The Last Post (2017), and as Marian Halcombe in the five-part television adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel The Woman in White (2018).

Buckley made her film debut as Moll Huntford in the psychological thriller Beast (2017), for which she received great acclaim. She then starred in the country music drama Wild Rose (2017), which earned Buckley the opportunity to perform music from the film at the Glastonbury Festival. The official soundtrack from the film reached number one on the UK Country Albums Chart. The film received positive reviews, and her performance was rewarded with a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards.

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In 2019, Buckley appeared as Lyudmilla Ignatenko in the HBO and Sky UK historical drama mini-series Chernobyl, which revolved around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the clean-up efforts that followed. The five-part series was critically acclaimed, receiving 19 nominations at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. Buckley then appeared in the biographical drama Judy, based on the life of American actress Judy Garland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/111828-jessie-buckley-had-tears-in-her-eyes-watching-renee-zellweger-play-judy/|title=Jessie Buckley had tears in her eyes watching Renee Zellweger play Judy|date=1 October 2019|website=The List|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119063521/https://www.list.co.uk/article/111828-jessie-buckley-had-tears-in-her-eyes-watching-renee-zellweger-play-judy/|url-status=live}} In 2020, she had four releases: Dolittle, directed by Stephen Gaghan,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vitalthrills.com/2019/08/12/dolittle-synopsis-new-title-january-release/|title=Dolittle Synopsis and New Title for the January Release|date=12 August 2019|first=Mirko|last=Parlevliet|website=VitalThrills.com|language=en-US|access-date=12 August 2019|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812200421/https://www.vitalthrills.com/2019/08/12/dolittle-synopsis-new-title-january-release/|url-status=dead}} The Courier, directed by Dominic Cooke,{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/jessie-buckley-joins-benedict-cumberbatch-rachel-brosnahan-in-ironbark-exclusive/5133552.article|title=Jessie Buckley joins Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan in 'Ironbark' (exclusive)|website=Screen Daily|first=Tom|last=Grater|date=11 October 2018|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112015108/https://www.screendaily.com/news/jessie-buckley-joins-benedict-cumberbatch-rachel-brosnahan-in-ironbark-exclusive/5133552.article|url-status=live}} Misbehaviour, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe,{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/keira-knightley-gugu-mbatha-raw-jessie-buckley-the-crown-misbehaviour-1202484446/|title=Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Jessie Buckley To Star In Miss World Film 'Misbehaviour' For Left Bank & Pathé – AFM|first1=Andreas|last1=Wiseman|date=17 October 2018|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321023129/https://deadline.com/2018/10/keira-knightley-gugu-mbatha-raw-jessie-buckley-the-crown-misbehaviour-1202484446/|url-status=live}} and the surrealist psychological thriller I'm Thinking of Ending Things, directed by Charlie Kaufman for Netflix.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/toni-collette-jessie-buckley-and-david-thewlis-join-charlie-kaufmans-netflix-movie-exclusive-1203172412/|title=Toni Collette, Jessie Buckley and David Thewlis Join Charlie Kaufman's Netflix Movie (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=26 March 2019|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108195523/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/toni-collette-jessie-buckley-and-david-thewlis-join-charlie-kaufmans-netflix-movie-exclusive-1203172412/|url-status=live}} Her performance in the latter was lauded by critics and earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. The same year, Buckley had a lead role in the fourth season of the FX black comedy crime drama Fargo, where she played nurse Oraetta Mayflower.{{Cite web|last=Rochlin|first=Margy|date=25 October 2020|title=Early on, critics dismissed her. Now Jessie Buckley is having the last laugh|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-25/jessie-buckley-fargo-fx-netflix-im-thinking-of-ending-things-romeo-juliet|access-date=12 December 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211221323/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-25/jessie-buckley-fargo-fx-netflix-im-thinking-of-ending-things-romeo-juliet|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Film of the week: Wild Rose|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-reviews/film-of-the-week-wild-rose-38010209.html|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421180343/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-reviews/film-of-the-week-wild-rose-38010209.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_rose_2019|title=Wild Rose (2019)|website=Rottentomatoes.com|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430061355/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_rose_2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Ritman|first=Alex|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-awards-2020-nominations-unveiled-1267114|title='Joker' Leads BAFTA 2020 Nominations|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=6 January 2020|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107092213/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-awards-2020-nominations-unveiled-1267114|url-status=live}}

In 2021, Buckley starred as the younger version of Leda Caruso in Maggie Gyllenhaal's feature directorial debut The Lost Daughter, with Olivia Colman portraying the character's older counterpart. The film began a theatrical limited release in the United States on 17 December 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix at the end of the month. It received acclaim from critics. Critic Ty Burr believed that Buckley was a "revelation" in the film.{{Cite web |last=Burr |first=Ty |title=Mum's The Word |url=https://tyburrswatchlist.substack.com/p/mums-the-word |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218105114/https://tyburrswatchlist.substack.com/p/mums-the-word |archive-date=18 December 2021 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=tyburrswatchlist.substack.com |date=17 December 2021 |language=en}} For her performance, Buckley won a Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She also received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 94th Academy Awards.

Buckley was approached by Eddie Redmayne to star alongside him, as Sally Bowles, in a revival of the musical Cabaret.{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Kirsty |title=Eddie Redmayne's Cabaret gamble: 'I lie in bed going through routines in my head' |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/eddie-redmaynes-cabaret-gamble-i-lie-in-bed-going-through-routines-in-my-head-q6zxm8ld6 |access-date=2022-03-11 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311163341/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eddie-redmaynes-cabaret-gamble-i-lie-in-bed-going-through-routines-in-my-head-q6zxm8ld6 |url-status=live }} The production opened to rave reviews in the West End in November 2021,{{cite news |last1=Cabaret - review 13 December 2021 |title=Eddie Redmayne is electric in this blinder of a show |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/dec/13/cabaret-review-eddie-redmayne-playhouse-theatre |website=The Guardian |date=13 December 2021 |publisher=The Guardian UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Cabaret - review 13 December 2021 |title=Eddie Redmayne Dazzles in Triumphant West End Revival |url=https://variety.com/2021/legit/reviews/cabaret-review-eddie-redmayne-1235131905/ |website=Variety |date=13 December 2021 |publisher=Variety Magazine |access-date=24 May 2023}} winning Best Musical Revival and Buckley's own as Best Actress at the 2022 Olivier Awards.{{cite web |last1=Olivier Awards 2022 entertainment news 10 April 2022 |title=Cabaret and Life Of Pi dominate as West End celebrates return of theatre |url=https://news.sky.com/story/olivier-awards-2022-cabaret-and-life-of-pi-dominate-as-west-end-celebrates-return-of-theatre-12587681 |website=Sky News |publisher=Sky |access-date=24 May 2023}} David Benedict, writing for Variety wrote that Buckley played Bowles "with astonishing fierceness."{{Cite web |last=Benedict |first=David |date=2021-12-13 |title='Cabaret' Review: Eddie Redmayne Dazzles in Triumphant West End Revival |url=https://variety.com/2021/legit/reviews/cabaret-review-eddie-redmayne-1235131905/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Nick Curtis, theatre critic for the Evening Standard, described Buckley as "a powerhouse of emotion".{{Cite web |last=Curtis |first=Nick |date=2021-12-13 |title=Cabaret review: Redmayne and Buckley dazzle in a transformative show |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/cabaret-review-eddie-redmayne-jessie-buckley-the-kit-kat-club-b971184.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

On 15 April 2022, Buckley and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler released "The Eagle & The Dove", the lead single from their collaborative album.{{Cite web|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|date=15 April 2022|title=Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler share emotive new single 'The Eagle And The Dove'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jessie-buckley-and-bernard-butler-share-emotive-new-single-the-eagle-and-the-dove-3205530|access-date=15 May 2022|website=NME|archive-date=15 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515082940/https://www.nme.com/news/music/jessie-buckley-and-bernard-butler-share-emotive-new-single-the-eagle-and-the-dove-3205530|url-status=live}} For All Our Days That Tear the Heart was released on 17 June 2022.{{Cite web|last=Patterson|first=Sylvia|date=15 April 2022|title='I prefer to live life with danger and darkness': Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler on breakdowns, Oscars and their album|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/15/i-prefer-to-live-life-with-danger-and-darkness-jessie-buckley-and-bernard-butler-on-breakdowns-oscars-and-their-album|access-date=15 May 2022|website=The Guardian|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510142347/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/15/i-prefer-to-live-life-with-danger-and-darkness-jessie-buckley-and-bernard-butler-on-breakdowns-oscars-and-their-album|url-status=live}} It debuted at No. 23 on the UK Albums Chart.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Carl|date=20 June 2022|title=Drake's Honestly, Nevermind vs Foals' Life is Yours for Number 1 Album: Official Albums Chart Update|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/drakes-honestly-nevermind-vs-foals-life-is-yours-for-number-1-album-official-albums-chart-update__36642/|access-date=23 June 2022|website=Official Charts|archive-date=23 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623114929/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/drakes-honestly-nevermind-vs-foals-life-is-yours-for-number-1-album-official-albums-chart-update__36642/|url-status=live}} The album was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize.{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Surej|date=26 July 2022|title=Mercury Prize 2022 shortlist revealed|work=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mercury-prize-2022-shortlist-nominations-3277014|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726101632/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mercury-prize-2022-shortlist-nominations-3277014|url-status=live}}

In 2022, Buckley starred as a widowed woman who travels on holiday to a countryside village in Alex Garland's folk horror film Men, alongside Rory Kinnear.{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=6 January 2021|title=Alex Garland Sets Next Film At A24 With Jessie Buckley And Rory Kinnear To Star|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/garland-a24-jessie-buckley-1234635372/|access-date=6 January 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818040450/https://deadline.com/2021/01/garland-a24-jessie-buckley-1234635372/|url-status=live}} The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section in May 2022, before being released in the United States on 20 May 2022 by A24.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/directors-fortnight-2022-lineup-full-list-1235005416/|title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2022 Lineup Unveiled: Alex Garland, Mia Hansen-Løve, Alice Winocour On List|date=19 April 2022|first=Tom|last=Grater|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=19 April 2022|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425075524/https://deadline.com/2022/04/directors-fortnight-2022-lineup-full-list-1235005416/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/men-trailer-alex-garland-jessie-buckley-1235175033/|title=Director Alex Garland Debuts Trailer for A24 Horror Movie 'Men,' Starring Jessie Buckley|first=Wilson|last=Chapman|website=Variety|date=9 February 2022|access-date=17 February 2022|archive-date=9 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209140729/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/men-trailer-alex-garland-jessie-buckley-1235175033/|url-status=live}} In June 2021, Buckley joined Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Ben Whishaw in Sarah Polley's feature adaptation of Miriam Toews' bestselling novel Women Talking, with MGM's Orion Pictures and Plan B Entertainment producing the film.{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=16 June 2021|title=Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw & Others Join Frances McDormand In 'Women Talking' For Plan B & Orion|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/mgms-orion-pictures-plan-b-sarah-polleys-women-talking-rooney-mara-claire-foy-jessie-buckley-ben-wishaw-among-frances-mcdormand-in-the-adaptation-1234775874/|access-date=26 June 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US|archive-date=1 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601170330/https://deadline.com/2021/06/mgms-orion-pictures-plan-b-sarah-polleys-women-talking-rooney-mara-claire-foy-jessie-buckley-ben-wishaw-among-frances-mcdormand-in-the-adaptation-1234775874/|url-status=live}} The film began its limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada on 23 December 2022.{{cite web|title=Warner Bros. to Release MGM Movies Internationally, Except for 'Bond 26'|website=Variety|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=August 14, 2022|access-date=August 15, 2022|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/warner-bros-mgm-international-theatrical-distribution-1235341060/|quote=However, the pact does not include “Bond 26,” the next chapter in the James Bond series, as well as director Chinonye Chukwu’s historical drama “Till” (set for Oct. 14) and “Women Talking” (Dec. 2). Universal Pictures International is handling the rollout for those films outside the U.S. as part of a previous distribution agreement between the two companies.|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815004006/https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/warner-bros-mgm-international-theatrical-distribution-1235341060/|url-status=live}} In July 2022, Buckley joined Colman, Luke Evans, Jonathan Pryce and Johnny Flynn in Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, an animated rendition of the Charles Dickens' classic, which was released on Netflix in December 2022.{{Cite web|last=Goldbart|first=Max|date=20 July 2022|title=Olivia Colman, Luke Evans, Jessie Buckley Lead Netflix's 'Scrooge: A Christmas Carol' Cast|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/olivia-colman-jessie-buckely-luke-evans-a-christmas-carol-1235072982/|access-date=20 July 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=20 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720130106/https://deadline.com/2022/07/olivia-colman-jessie-buckely-luke-evans-a-christmas-carol-1235072982/|url-status=live}}

She reunited with Olivia Colman in Wicked Little Letters, a comedy directed by Thea Sharrock. Principal photography for the project occurred in autumn 2022 in the United Kingdom.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-wicked-little-letters-filming-anjana-vasan-malachi-kirby-1235130339/ | title=Olivia Colman & Jessie Buckley Underway on 'Wicked Little Letters'; Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Joanna Scanlan, Malachi Kirby Among Cast to Join | date=29 September 2022 }}{{Cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=14 May 2022|title=Olivia Colman & Jessie Buckley Set To Reunite On 'Wicked Little Letters' For Studiocanal, 'Three Billboards' Outfit Blueprint & South Of The River Pictures|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-wicked-little-letters-cannes-market-1235023859/|access-date=15 May 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008140252/https://deadline.com/2022/05/olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-wicked-little-letters-cannes-market-1235023859/|url-status=live}} That same year, it was announced that Buckley would replace Carey Mulligan as the lead in Christos Nikou's English-language feature film debut Fingernails.{{Cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=10 May 2022|title=Jessie Buckley & Riz Ahmed To Star In Christos Nikou's Sci-Fi Romance 'Fingernails', FilmNation & Cate Blanchett's Dirty Films Producing|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/riz-ahmed-jessie-buckley-sci-fi-romance-fingernails-cate-blanchett-filmnation-cannes-1235020692/|access-date=10 May 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510211221/https://deadline.com/2022/05/riz-ahmed-jessie-buckley-sci-fi-romance-fingernails-cate-blanchett-filmnation-cannes-1235020692/|url-status=live}} The film, co-starring Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White, was shot in Toronto in late 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.easterneye.biz/riz-ahmed-and-jessie-buckley-joined-by-jeremy-allen-white-on-the-set-of-sci-fi-love-story-fingernails-in-toronto/ | title=Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley joined by Jeremy Allen White on the set of sci-fi love story Fingernails in Toronto | date=8 December 2022 }} Both films premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

In May 2023, it was announced that Buckley will star alongside Paul Mescal in Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, based on the novel of the same name.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=1 May 2023 |title=Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal In Talks To Star In 'Hamnet' Adaptation From Amblin Partners And Chloé Zhao |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/jessie-buckley-paul-mescal-hamnet-adaptation-amblin-partners-chloe-zhao-1235352146/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Buckley was in a relationship with actor James Norton between 2015 and 2017. She lives in Norfolk {{as of|2022|lc=yes}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/20/jessie-buckley-on-covid-filming-worlds-greatest-love-scene-and-we-couldnt-touch|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Jessie Buckley on Covid filming: 'The world's greatest love scene – and we couldn't touch!'|date=20 March 2021|access-date=17 February 2022|last=Lamont|first=Tom|archive-date=17 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217122239/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/20/jessie-buckley-on-covid-filming-worlds-greatest-love-scene-and-we-couldnt-touch|url-status=live}} She married her husband Freddie, a mental health worker, in mid-2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jessie-buckley-husband-freddie-norfolk-b2480995.html | title=Chernobyl star Jessie Buckley reveals she married boyfriend in secret ceremony | website=Independent.co.uk | date=18 January 2024 }}

Buckley is an ambassador for The Matt Talbot Community Trust, which provides support for individuals in recovery from addiction.{{Cite web |title=Our mention in the Financial Times' article with Jessie Buckley |url=https://www.mtct.ie/news-stories/our-mention-in-the-financial-times-article-with-jessie-buckley/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Matt Talbot |language=en-US}}

Collaborative albums

• For All Our Days That Tear the Heart (with Bernard Butler){{Cite web|last=Conway|first=Megan|date=22 March 2022|title=Up Next for Jessie Buckley: More Movies, and Music|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/t-magazine/jessie-buckley-lost-daughter-oscars.html|access-date=3 April 2022|website=The New York Times|archive-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402224022/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/t-magazine/jessie-buckley-lost-daughter-oscars.html|url-status=live}} (2022)

Soundtrack albums

• Wild Rose (2019)

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In 2019, she was recognised by Forbes in its annual 30 Under 30 list.Irish Central, "Forbes includes six Irish people in their 2019 30 under 30 list" 12 February 2019 [https://www.irishcentral.com/news/forbes-six-irish-people-2019-30-under-30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213064204/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/forbes-six-irish-people-2019-30-under-30|date=13 February 2019}} In 2020 she was listed at number 38 on The Irish Times{{'}} list of Ireland's greatest film actors of all time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988|title=The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order|first1=Donald|last1=Clarke|first2=Tara|last2=Brady|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805112424/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988|url-status=live}}

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