Emma Stone and Irish hopes as Jessie Buckley triumphs at the BAFTAs
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Emma Stone and what the record shows
Emma Stone does not appear in the provided coverage; emma stone is unclear in the provided context while attention at the ceremony focused on Jessie Buckley’s victory and Hamnet’s two gongs at the 2026 BAFTA film awards in London.
Buckley wins Best Actress for Hamnet
Jessie Buckley took the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for her portrayal of Agnes Hathaway—historically known as Anne—in Hamnet, winning the accolade at the ceremony in London on Sunday night. After accepting the prize Buckley cried on stage; the moment showed Chloe Zhao in the audience looking emotional and mouthing “I love you” repeatedly to Buckley as she made her speech.
Hamnet’s Irish roots and Chloe Zhao’s remarks
Hamnet, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, took home the Outstanding British Film award and showcased Irish talent, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. Director Chloé Zhao said at the awards that she has “a very personal connection with Ireland, and I can’t share what that is. ” She added: “But the land and the culture and the desire to try to remember what might have been forgotten and passed away from that culture is really, really strong. ” Zhao said she felt O’Farrell’s being Irish contributed to the film’s tone: “There’s some spirit. There’s some energy in it that came from her part of the world. ”
Maggie O’Farrell, casting and the film’s themes
Novelist Maggie O’Farrell, from Coleraine in Northern Ireland, joked about casting when Zhao proposed the actors, asking, “did you actually do any auditions, or did you just go straight to Ireland and you didn’t come back?” The film follows the family life of William Shakespeare after the death of their young son and shows the tragic circumstances surrounding the boy’s death and the way the couple handles their grief; Zhao praised O’Farrell for the “transforming experience” of the story and called taking part in making Hamnet a life-changing experience, saying, “From now on we can always look across the room and go, ‘we were there, transformed by that experience from the forest to (Shakespeare’s) Globe theatre. ”
Other BAFTA outcomes and nominations
Chloé Zhao was nominated for best director but lost to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another. Paul Mescal, from Dublin, who appears as William Shakespeare in Hamnet, missed out in the best supporting actor category; that prize went to Sean Penn for One Battle After Another. Mescal has received a string of nominations across the awards season for Hamnet but, as noted in the provided coverage, has yet to receive a prize for his role.
From Norfolk Fens to Oscar night
Jessie Buckley, from Killarney in Co Kerry, lives with her husband, Freddie, and their family in a 16th-century manor house in the Norfolk Fens. Hamnet’s success has made Buckley a frontrunner for the Oscars: she has dominated the awards season and now must wait until March 15 to learn whether her Oscar bid has been successful.
L-R photo captions in the coverage list Joe Alwyn, Maggie O’Farrell, Liza Marshall, Dame Pippa Harris, Chloé Zhao, Jacobi Jupe, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Lynes, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Emily Watson and Nicolas Gonda posing with the Outstanding British Film Award for Hamnet; images in the provided context were credited to Ian West/PA Wire.
Paul Mescal’s inclusion in Hamnet and the film’s BAFTA haul underline the film’s awards-season run; immediate next steps cited in the coverage are Buckley’s pending Oscar outcome on March 15 and the industry attention that follows the BAFTA wins.
