It’s been a big weekend for Jessie Buckley!
She picked up her first award on Friday night after she walked the red carpet in Dublin at this year’s Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (IFTA).
The Killarney native jetted to London for the British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) on Sunday night where she was awarded once again for her role in Hamnet.
Accepting her award, she confessed that she never imagined any of this happening to her.
“I never in a million years thought I would get to make a film,” she shared after she was presented the award by Cillian Murphy.
She went on to speak about the start of her career: “I had nuclear bad fake tan on, white hoop earrings, a polka-dot red skirt and had the audacity to say one day I wanted to be like Judi Dench.
“This is nuts, this really does belong to the women past, present and future who taught me and continue to teach me how to do it differently.”
She continued by saying: “I love films and I believe in storytelling. I believe in women’s voices to tell those stories. I share this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old, on the road with this.
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“It’s 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. I am very grateful for this.”
Hamnet also won the Bafta for Outstanding British Film. It also broke records by being the most nominated film directed by a woman at the BAFTAs, with 11 nominations.
So well deserved!
