Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer. Her career began in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC TV talent show I’d Do Anything. Buckley made her film debut playing lead role of Moll Huntford in Beast. She continues to portray roles in film and television including Rose-Lynn Harlan in Wild Rose.

About Jessie Buckley in brief

Summary Jessie BuckleyJessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer. Her career began in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC TV talent show I’d Do Anything in which she placed second. In the same year she appeared in the West End revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Buckley made her film debut playing lead role of Moll Huntford in Beast. She continues to portray roles in film and television including Rose-Lynn Harlan in Wild Rose, Lyudmilla Ignatenko in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl and Oraetta Mayflower in season four of Fargo. In 2019, Buckley was recognised by Forbes in its annual 30 Under 30 list. In 2020, she was listed at number 38 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.

She has achieved Grade eight in piano, clarinet and harp with the Royal Irish Academy of Music. She is also a member of the Tipperary Millennium Orchestra. Buckley won the AIMS Best Actress award for her portrayal of Julie Jordan in the Killarney Musical Society production of Carousel in 2008. She appeared alongside Maureen Lipman and Hannah Waddman in the production of Ma Ma in 2009. Buckley graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in January 2013. In 2013 she played Miranda in the summer season of The Tempest at The Globe. She also appeared alongside Daniel Boys in a series of Daniel Boys in February 2010.