Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley has best actress in the bagpublished at 12:34 GMT
Ian Youngs
Culture reporter
Image source, HamnetUniversal
Every year, there’s one star who sweeps the same prize at every ceremony in Hollywood’s award season.
This year, that unstoppable force is Jessie Buckley.
And she’ll surely be even more unstoppable here given that Baftas voters have given more love overall to her film, Hamnet, than the Oscars did last week.
The acclaim coming her way is fully deserved – her performance as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes (aka Anne) is a remarkable portrait of motherhood and grief.
Also giving fine performances, but probably along for the ride in the best actress category, are Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Emma Stone (Bugonia), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) – and Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another), who receives some justice after being shut out of the Oscar race.
