Emma Stone: unclear in the provided context as Irish hopes high for BAFTAs in London tonight
Emma Stone: unclear in the provided context — the latest coverage centers on Jessie Buckley’s Best Actress win and Hamnet’s success at the 2026 BAFTA film awards in London on Sunday night, developments that matter for awards-season momentum and Oscar prospects.
Emma Stone: presence or role unclear in the provided context
Emma Stone is named here because of the editorial brief, but any connection between Emma Stone and the BAFTA outcomes, Hamnet, or the people and events described is unclear in the provided context.
Jessie Buckley and Hamnet's BAFTA haul
Jessie Buckley scooped the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the BAFTAs. The film Hamnet also won the Outstanding British Film award and took home two gongs at the ceremony. L-R: 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 posed with the Outstanding British Film Award for Hamnet.
Chloe Zhao highlights Irish energy in Hamnet
Chloe Zhao said she has a very personal connection with Ireland and that the film has "some energy" from the country. At a winners press conference she said she could not share what her personal connection was, but praised the land and the culture and the desire to remember what might have been forgotten. She said Maggie O'Farrell's being Irish had something to do with the film's spirit and energy.
Casting, roots and onstage reactions
Hamnet is adapted from Maggie O'Farrell’s award-winning novel and brings that book to the screen. Jessie Buckley plays William Shakespeare's wife, Agnes Hathaway (historically known as Anne). Paul Mescal plays William Shakespeare. The film follows the tragic circumstances surrounding their son's death and the way in which the couple handles their grief.
After winning the BAFTA, Buckley cried on stage. Chloé Zhao looked emotional in the audience and mouthed "I love you" repeatedly to Buckley as Buckley made her speech. Maggie O'Farrell, who is from Coleraine in Northern Ireland, joked about casting, asking whether auditions had been held or whether casting went "straight to Ireland". Zhao praised O'Farrell for what she called a transforming experience and described taking part in the making of Hamnet as a life-changing experience. Zhao added that from that experience they could look back and say they were transformed "from the forest to (Shakespeare's) Globe theatre. "
Winners, nominees and what comes next
Chloe Zhao was nominated for Best Director for Hamnet but lost out to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another. Paul Mescal missed out in the Best Supporting Actor category, which was won by Sean Penn for One Battle After Another.
Jessie Buckley, who is from Killarney in Co Kerry and lives with her husband, Freddie, and their family in a 16th-century manor house in the Norfolk Fens, has earned a string of top nominations across the season, including BAFTAs and Oscars. Buckley must now wait until March 15 to see whether her Oscar bid has been successful. Paul Mescal, from Dublin, has received a string of nominations across awards season for Hamnet but has yet to receive a prize for his role. Buckley has been described in the coverage as a frontrunner for the Oscars and has dominated the awards season so far for her role in the film.
Details not provided here include any reference to Emma Stone's involvement or reactions; that connection is unclear in the provided context.
