The First Irish Woman at the Oscars: Top Photos

Jessie Buckley becomes the first Irish woman to win Best Actress, and 60 Buckleys in Killarney stayed up to watch.

Paul Mescal at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025
Paul Mescal, who plays Shakespeare opposite Buckley in Hamnet. "I absolutely adore her, and I felt so safe with her," he told the Irish Examiner. "If Jessie was from the North Pole, I would have chemistry with her." © Jay Dixit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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