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Jessie Buckley’s awards season success has secured her place as a Hollywood power player.
And after winning again at Sunday’s Academy Awards, Jessie has landed a place in another exclusive crew – Hollywood’s clean sweep club.
The Hamnet star, 36, is just one of 10 stars to have scooped Best Actress at all five of the major acting awards: the Critics’ Choice, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Oscars and Actor Awards (formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild awards).
Last to have been earned the accolades was Renée Zellweger in 2020 for Judy – a film that coincidentally also starred Jessie.
The Judy Garland biopic starred Renee in the titular role while Jessie played her assistant Rosalyn Wilder, with the Irish actress previously praising Renee’s acting skills and admitting she would often just ‘stand in the wings and just watch her’ perform.
Yet Renee, 56, was equally in awe of Jessie’s work, making a point of referencing her in her acceptance speech when she won a BAFTA.
Renee and Jessie had gone head to head in the Best Actress category that year, but Jessie was nominated for her work in the musical drama, Wild Rose, rather than for Judy.
‘Jessie Buckley you are a superstar,’ Renee said in her speech. ‘I’m so proud of you for this evening. You’re such a special person.
‘You elevate everything that you do and I love you and I admire you and I’m so grateful for our collaboration. Thank you for our friendship.’
Now, six years on and Jessie has joined Renee in the clean sweep club, a title that’s set to open plenty of doors for her.
Speaking to Daily Mail, brand and culture expert Nick Ede explained: ‘A clean sweep doesn’t just mean you’ve had a great performance it means the entire film community are behind you
‘This win moves Jessie from respected actor to genuine Hollywood power player. Suddenly she’s the name directors want on their scripts and the face studios want on their posters.
‘She will be one of the most important names in film now which is really exciting.’
Noting that Jessie has ‘completed the journey from rising talent to Oscar’ after joining Renee in the clean sweep club, Nick added that her newfound status will allow her to ‘choose projects rather than chase them, as well as command significantly bigger salaries.’
Nick continued: ‘What’s exciting about Jessie is that she can move effortlessly between prestige drama, indie cinema and big studio films.
‘After this win, expect her to become one of the most in-demand actresses of the next decade.
‘She also has a great sense of humour and her personality is very down to earth and that appeals to both fans but also studio bosses too.’
Yet while Jessie looks set to be flooded with offers, Nick suspects she’ll be more selective of her roles after earning her accolades and welcoming a daughter last year.
‘The industry will wait for her as she’s a golden girl,’ Nick mused. ‘I think she’ll take some time off and consider her next move.
‘She will be offered many roles and I suspect she will be very selective of what’s next.’
WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF HOLLYWOOD’S CLEAN SWEEP CLUB?
Lead Actor
Geoffrey Rush – Shine
Jamie Foxx – Ray
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Will Smith – King Richard
Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Lead Actress
Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Helen Mirren – The Queen
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Brie Larson – Room
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Renée Zellweger – Judy
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Supporting Actress
Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Mo’Nique – Precious
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Viola Davis – Fences
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
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Nick also noted that her clean sweep club status is enough to distance herself from her latest film The Bride! which has been panned by critics.
‘Mixed reviews for The Bride! won’t dent Jessie’s momentum at all,’ he shared.
‘When you’ve just won the Oscar after sweeping awards season, the narrative resets overnight and Hollywood loves a winner.’
Indeed there has already been speculation over whether Jessie will take on a role as the next Bond girl, with Jessie entering the race with odds of 16/1 moments after her Oscars success.
The odds place her alongside the likes of Mikey Madison and Emma Mackey, but Sydney Sweeney remains the clear leading contender at 2/1, ahead of Margaret Qualley and Anna Taylor-Joy (both 5/1).
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: ‘Jessie Buckley became the first Irish winner of the Best Actress Oscar last weekend and we have reacted by throwing her into contention for one of the most eagerly anticipated female roles.’
Yet despite entering the race, Nick is unconvinced that anything will come of it.
‘The whole Bond franchise feels a bit tricky as no one knows how successful it will be,’ Nick mused. ‘It could be a gamble for her and I don’t feel she needs to do it.’
Jessie is no stranger to taking a risk, however, having first found fame competing on a TV talent show.
The Irish actress was just 18 when she appeared on BBC show I’d Do Anything in a bid to land the role of Nancy on the West End – narrowly being pipped to the post by Jodie Prenger.
While she ultimately lost out to Jodie in the public vote, judge Andrew Lloyd Webber was said to have been backing Jessie for the part.
Fellow judge Denise Van Outen revealed previously: ‘Andrew was gutted she didn’t win. He said one of her performances was, “The best he’d every heard from somebody her age.” I’m not at all surprised she’s gone on to do great things.’
Yet while Jessie may not have landed the role, she still went on to achieve career success.
The RADA graduate starred in BBC productions such as War & Peace (2016) and Taboo (2017), however it was her role as an aspiring country music singer in 2018’s Wild Rose that was her breakthrough.
She was nominated for a BAFTA as a result – missing out to Judy star Renée – yet managed to scoop a British Academy Scotland Award for her role.
Jessie went on to land parts in HBO miniseries Chernobyl and FX’s Fargo and in 2019, she was recognised by Forbes in its annual 30 Under 30 list.
Yet it was her role in 2021’s The Lost Daughter that truly landed her global recognition, with Jessie nominated for her second BAFTA as well as her first Academy Award – although she was pipped to the post in both ceremonies by West Side Story star Ariana DeBose.
She played the younger part of Olivia Colman’s character in the drama, embodying Leda, a woman wrought by the guilt of abandoning her young daughters in pursuit of a career in academia.
After another critically acclaimed role – earning a Critics Choice nomination for Women Talking, and reuniting with Olivia Colman in Wicked Little Letters – she leant into the theme of motherhood once again with Hamnet.
Jessie became pregnant just a week after filming her role as a grieving mother, telling how the part brought out an ‘intense need to become a mother’.
For now, Jessie is taking time out to focus on motherhood, yet it will be interesting to see what she chooses to work on next, having admitted that becoming a parent ‘refocused’ her.
Speaking to CBS, she shared: ‘I feel raw after having had a child and in a really refreshing way.
‘It feels alive. You cut the bulls**t and you become more honest and you become more focused about what’s important.’
Asked how motherhood ‘refocused’ her, she mused: ‘My heart is cracked open in a way that you can’t even really know until you’ve experienced what that is.
‘I think before I would’ve probably been scared of how vulnerable that is and now I want that humanity and the strength and vulnerability of being a mother and loving like that.’
She is currently in pre-production, however, for a new film – Three Incestuous Sisters, a feature adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger’s bestselling novel.
Jessie stars alongside Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, and Josh O’Connor, yet the plot details are being kept under wraps following claims it will only be ‘loosely’ based on the novel.
Oscar 2026 winners in full
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons – WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay
Robert Kaplow – Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners – WINNER
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway) – WINNER
Sirat (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners – WINNER
Best Sound
F1 – WINNER
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein – WINNER
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Live-Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers – TIE – WINNER
Two People Exchanging Saliva – TIE – WINNER
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr Nobody Against Putin – WINNER
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Michael B Jordan – Sinners – WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Director
Chloe Zhao – Hamnet
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Tracy – Bugonia
Guillermo Del Toro – Frankenstein
Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Casting
Nina Gold – Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler – Sinners
Best Cinematography
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Darius Khondji – Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners – WINNER
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
Best Production Design
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Original Song
Dear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless
Golden – KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
I Lied to You – Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams – Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash – WINNER
F1
Jurassic World: Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls – WINNER
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms – WINNER
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