Jessie Buckley has made a name for herself as a transformative actor, so it feels fitting that her first major film award is for a movie about one of the dramatic greats, Shakespeare. This week, Buckley won Best Actress at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards for her role as Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes, in Hamnet, a historical drama written and directed by Chloé Zhao co-starring Paul Mescal.
It’s not Buckley’s first foray into the world of Shakespearean tragedy. She starred in stage productions of the Bard’s works — including The Tempest, Henry V, and The Winter’s Tale — in the 2010s and transitioned into onscreen work during that time.
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