Jessie Buckley of ‘Women Talking’ to Be Honored at Oscar Wilde Awards (Exclusive)

Jessie Buckley, the Oscar-nominated Irish actress soon to be seen in theaters in the drama written and directed by Sarah Polley women talkingis being greeted at the 2023 Oscar Wilde Awards.

The 17th annual event, taking place on the Thursday night before the Academy Awards, is scheduled for March 9 at JJ Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot production company in Santa Monica.

Created by the US-Ireland Alliance, the Oscar Wilde Awards celebrate the work of Irish and non-Irish people who contribute to film, television and music. The Banshees of Inisherin actress Kerry Condon, a native of Tipperary, Ireland, will also be honored.

Buckley, 32, born in Killarney, stars with Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara and Claire Foy in women talkingwhich premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this summer and hits theaters December 23 via United Artists.

In its THR review, Sheri Linden wrote that Buckley’s character, mother Mariche, “attacks almost everyone with a ferocious belligerence that’s laced with unspoken vulnerability.” She received a Gotham Award nomination for her performance in October.

Last year, Buckley received a supporting actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of the younger version of Olivia Colman’s character in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film. the lost daughter and an Olivier Award for playing Sally Bowles opposite Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret in the West End.

“When Jessie started her career, Andrew Lloyd Webber [called her] ‘an extraordinary artist. She must not be allowed to be meddled with,’” said US-Ireland Alliance President Trina Vargo. “Her incredible, authentic performances of her show that she hasn’t been.”

Buckley’s upcoming projects include director Christos Nikou’s nailalso starring Riz Ahmed, for Apple Original Films and a reunion with Colman in the feature wicked little letters.

He has already done memorable work in Beast (2017), wild Rose (2018), judy (2019), I’m thinking of ending things (2022) and Men (2022) and on television in Fargo Y Chernobyl.