Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer A Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate she began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC TV talent show Id Do Anything in which she came second The recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards she was listed at number 38 on The Irish Times list of Irelands greatest film actors of all time in 2020 Her early onscreen appearances include portrayals in BBC television series such as Marya Bolkonskaya in the 2016 adaptation of Leo Tolstoys War and Peace Lorna Bow in Taboo 2017 and Marian Halcombe in The Woman in White 2018 Buckley made her film debut playing the lead role of Moll Huntford in Beast 2017 Her other roles include RoseLynn Harlan in Wild Rose 2018 for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Lyudmilla Ignatenko in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl 2019 the Young Woman in Im Thinking of Ending Things 2020 Oraetta Mayflower in season four of Fargo 2020 and young Leda in The Lost Daughter 2021 Her performance in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress In 2019 she was recognized by Forbes in its annual 30 under 30 list Buckley starred as Sally Bowles in a West End revival of Cabaret in 2021 for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical