{"id":21500,"date":"2026-02-23T03:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21500"},"modified":"2026-02-23T03:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:29:30","slug":"jessie-buckley-wins-best-actress-at-2026-baftas-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21500","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Buckley wins best actress at 2026 Baftas \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jessie Buckley<\/a>\u2019s triumphant run through Oscar<\/a> season has continued with a best actress win at the EE British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta<\/a>) awards on Sunday night. This comes just two days after she took the equivalent Irish Film and Television Academy award<\/a> in Dublin<\/a>. It is the first time an Irish performer has won the best actress prize at Bafta.<\/p>\n

Buckley, nominated for playing a wracked Agnes Shakespeare in Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/a>\u2019s Hamnet, delivered a characteristically warm acceptance speech at the Royal Festival Hall on London\u2019s South Bank. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is nuts,\u201d she said, luminous in blue, after receiving the award from compatriot Cillian Murphy<\/a> (a canny move by Bafta). \u201cThis really does belong to the women past, present and future who taught me and continue to teach me how to do it differently.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buckley has been managing awards season with notable commitments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI share this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old on the road with this,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s the best role of my life being your mum and I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Mescal<\/a>, nominated for playing William Shakespeare in Hamnet, lost out in best supporting actor to an absent Sean Penn, sinister as a messianic despot in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s One Battle After Another. Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd had looked the favourite in that category, but Penn\u2019s win opens the corresponding Oscar race up considerably.<\/p>\n

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From left: Eric Saindon, Richard Baneham, Joe Letteri and Daniel Barrett pose with their awards after winning Best Special Visual Effects for Avatar: Fire And Ash. Photograph: Ian West\/PA Wire <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

There was, however, no stopping Richard Baneham taking a second Bafta in special visual effects. Triumphing for Avatar: Fire and Ash, the Tallaght man is now among the most respected professionals in his field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say go raibh maith agat to Jim Cameron, our visionary director,\u201d he said from the podium. \u201cWe have to thank the crew in our stage and lab in New Zealand and in LA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Element Pictures, the Oscar-winning Dublin-based production company, are proud co-producers of Akinola Davies jnr\u2019s My Father\u2019s Shadow, winner of outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer. Akinola Davies jnr shares that prize with his co-writer Wale Davies. <\/p>\n

The biggest shock of the evening was surely Robert Aramayo, young star of Kirk Jones\u2019s drama I Swear, beating the likes of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio to the best actor prize.<\/p>\n

Telling the story of John Davidson, a courageous Scottish campaigner for those with Tourette syndrome, the film was a significant hit in the UK and Ireland, but has barely registered with awards bodies elsewhere. The Yorkshireman, who also won rising star, seemed stunned by the prize.<\/p>\n

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British actor Robert Aramayo poses with the awards for best leading actor and rising star. Photograph: Justin Tallis\/AFP via Getty <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Hamnet managed to win best British film, but, despite home advantage, could not get past One Battle After Another in overall best film. That sprawling political thriller took six Baftas, also including best director and best adapted screenplay.<\/p>\n

Ryan Coogler\u2019s Sinners, an ingenious vampire flick, triumphed in three categories: original screenplay, original score and, for British performer Wunmi Mosaku, best supporting actress. Anderson\u2019s film now looks a healthy favourite for best picture at the Oscars with Sinners next in its wake. <\/p>\n

Mosaku\u2019s victory over Carey Mulligan and Teyanna Taylor counted as a minor upset. Might She now be edging in advance of Taylor, up for One Battle After Another, in the race for the Oscar? \u201cThank you Bafta for this incredible honour,\u201d Mosaku said from the podium. \u201cTo my daughter, you are my greatest teacher. I am so proud of you, everything begins and ends with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alan Cumming, taking over as host from his fellow Scot David Tennant, kept the banter tart and witty. \u201cWe\u2019re here this evening to celebrate creativity, the very best of film in all its glory,\u201d he said from the stage. \u201cThis is the time when we celebrate you, the people in this room, when we bring you all together, unite you under one roof, then divide you into categories and make you fight each other for prizes.\u201d <\/p>\n

The ceremony marked the first time Britain\u2019s Prince William, president of Bafta, and Princess Kate, have made a joint public appearance since the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the prince\u2019s uncle.<\/p>\n

Next Saturday, Buckley\u2019s competes at the Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) and then moves on to the Oscars on March 15th in Hollywood. Few performers this century have been such an unbackable favourite for an Academy Award. Should Buckley win, she will become the first Irishwoman ever to grasp that prize.<\/p>\n

Bafta film awards 2026: Full list of winners<\/h3>\n

\u200b\u200bBest film<\/h4>\n

One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

Outstanding British film<\/h4>\n

Hamnet<\/p>\n

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer<\/h4>\n

My Father\u2019s Shadow \u2013 Akinola Davies Jr (director), Wale Davies (writer)<\/p>\n

Best film not in the English language<\/h4>\n

Sentimental Value<\/p>\n

Best documentary<\/h4>\n

Mr Nobody Against Putin<\/p>\n

Best animated film<\/h4>\n

Zootropolis 2<\/p>\n

Best children\u2019s and family film<\/h4>\n

Boong<\/p>\n

Best director<\/h4>\n

One Battle After Another \u2013 Paul Thomas Anderson<\/p>\n

Best original screenplay<\/h4>\n

Sinners \u2013 Ryan Coogler<\/p>\n

Best adapted screenplay<\/h4>\n

One Battle After Another \u2013 Paul Thomas Anderson<\/p>\n

Best leading actress<\/h4>\n

Jessie Buckley \u2013 Hamnet<\/p>\n

Best leading actor<\/h4>\n

Robert Aramayo \u2013 I Swear<\/p>\n

Best supporting actress<\/h4>\n

Wunmi Mosaku \u2013 Sinners<\/p>\n

Best supporting actor<\/h4>\n

Sean Penn \u2013 One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

Best casting<\/h4>\n

I Swear<\/p>\n

Best cinematography<\/h4>\n

One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

Best editing<\/h4>\n

One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

Best costume design<\/h4>\n

Frankenstein<\/p>\n

Best make up & hair<\/h4>\n

Frankenstein<\/p>\n

Best original score<\/h4>\n

Sinners<\/p>\n

Best production design<\/h4>\n

Frankenstein<\/p>\n

Best sound<\/h4>\n

F1<\/p>\n

Best special visual effects<\/h4>\n

Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/p>\n

Best British short animation<\/h4>\n

Two Black Boys in Paradise<\/p>\n

Best British short film<\/h4>\n

This Is Endometriosis<\/p>\n

EE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)<\/h4>\n

Robert Aramayo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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