Overview
- Buckley accepted the Best Actress award at the 98th Oscars for portraying Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet.
- In a tearful speech, she thanked fellow nominees, saluted her family in attendance, and referenced her husband Freddie Sorensen and their eight-month-old daughter.
- She completed a rare sweep after earlier wins at the SAG Actor Awards, BAFTAs, Critics Choice and Golden Globes.
- Hamnet received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Zhao and Best Adapted Screenplay for Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell.
- The film adapts O’Farrell’s novel about Shakespeare’s family in grief, and critics have singled out Buckley’s performance as career-defining; this marks her second Oscar nomination after The Lost Daughter.