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Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Actor · Born December 28, 1989 (36) · Killarney, Ireland

Oscar winner · Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award winner · 4 other major award bodies

Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include the Academy Award for Best Actress (becoming the first Irish woman to win the award), a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA, in addition to an additional nomination for an Academy Award. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything, in which she came second. A RADA graduate, her early onscreen appearances were in BBC television series such as War & Peace (2016) and Taboo (2017). Buckley made her film debut with the lead role in Beast (2017), followed by her breakout role as an aspiring country music singer in the musical film Wild Rose (2018); the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Buckley's career progressed with starring roles in films such as I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), Men (2022), Women Talking (2022) and Wicked Little Letters (2023). For her performance as a troubled mother in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), she received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She gained further recognition for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in the period drama Hamnet (2025), receiving a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, an Actor Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress. On television, Buckley has starred in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and season four of Fargo (2020). On stage, Buckley's portrayal of Sally Bowles in a 2021 West End theatre revival of Cabaret won her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2022, she released the collaborative album For All Our Days That Tear the Heart with Bernard Butler, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Buckley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 28, 1989 (36)
From
Killarney, Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 26% in 30 days

What are Jessie Buckley's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Self
18%
Bonds
16%
Survival
14%
Society
14%
Power
11%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 4 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 6 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 11

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 9 of 16 analyzed roles.

Hero
9 of 16
Shadow
3 of 16
Mentor
2 of 16
Ally
2 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
14
Dread
9
Contemplative
8
Hopeful
5
Other
20

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jessie Buckley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jessie Buckley's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

38 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 16 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Scarecrows' Wedding(2025)

    as Betty O'Barley (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Bride!(2026)

    as Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Hamnet(2025)

    as Agnes

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • How to Shoot a Ghost(2025)

    as Anthi

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Three Hares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Narrator

  • Wicked Little Letters(2023)

    as Rose Gooding

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Fingernails(2023)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Women Talking(2022)

    as Mariche

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Scrooge: A Christmas Carol(2022)

    as Isabel Fezziwig (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Men(2022)

    as Harper

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Lost Daughter(2021)

    as Young Leda Caruso

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Juliet

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things(2020)

    as Young Woman

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Misbehaviour(2020)

    as Jo Robinson

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Courier(2020)

    as Sheila Wynne

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Dolittle(2020)

    as Queen Victoria

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Judy(2019)

    as Rosalyn Wilder

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Battle in Waterloo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Ellen

  • Chernobyl(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as Lyudmilla Ignatenko

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Wild Rose(2018)

    Songs · as Rose-Lynn Harlan

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Rob & Romesh Vs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Pulsar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Cassa

  • The Woman in White(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · as Marian Halcombe

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Beast(2017)

    as Moll Huntford

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Last Post(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Honor Martin

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Red Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Kelly

  • Taboo(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lorna Bow

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Juliet

  • War & Peace(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marya Bolkonskaya

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale(2015)

    as Perdita

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Miranda

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 11 episodes · as Oraetta Mayflower

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Endeavour(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Kitty Batten

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Join My Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Stella

  • This September(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · as Emily Strong

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Juliet

  • Hold On to Your Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Three Incestuous Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Clothilde

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 38 titles, 36 of them dated from 1971 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Dolittle (2020)

$251M worldwide

Highest rated

Chernobyl (2019)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19712026

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 13 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting38 of 38: 37 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stOther crew1 of 38: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting2010s19 · 19 acting · 1 crew2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 40% of 15 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 3 other major awards from 15 major nominations, 2019–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actress
  2. 2023
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
      • Independent Spirit Award, won
  3. 2022
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Female
  4. 2021
    • Cannes award, won · Female Revelation
  5. 2020
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
  6. 2019
    • BAFTA Award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jessie Buckley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

This September (2010)

74th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Chernobyl (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 59. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jessie Buckley's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles17–81 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles21–60 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity16 titles23–76 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs16 titles29–60 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles24–81 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jessie Buckley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jessie Buckley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Olivia Colman shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers