‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Jessie Buckley on Her Oscar-Tipped Turn in ‘Hamnet’ and Upcoming Reunion With Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘The Bride!’

Jessie Buckley, this year’s best actress Oscar frontrunner for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet and the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is an Irish stage and screen actress who has been described by Sight & Sound as “born to be a star,” by The Observer as “one of the most exciting actors of her generation,” by The Guardian as “reliably excellent,” by Vanity Fair as possessing “both dazzling charisma and a remarkable authenticity” and by Interview magazine as “one of Hollywood’s brightest stars, capable of delivering performances that burn hot and contain multitudes.” The New York Times, for its part, has noted that she has “a reputation for playing complicated roles with devastating power,” adding, “Few other actresses of her generation can gain access to such a wide spectrum of emotions, or seem as willing to…