AFTER her recent Golden Globe win for her mesmerising performance in Hamnet, Jessie Buckley is now seen as the favourite to become the first Irish actress to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards in March.
If she’s successful, she’ll be the second Irishwoman to win the golden statuette.
At present, Brenda Fricker holds the distinct honour of being the only Irish-born actress to win an Oscar, taking Best Supporting Actress for her role in My Left Foot in 1989. While it technically doesn’t count, Maureen O’Hara was presented with an honorary Academy Award in 2014.
Anyone who has had the pleasure of spending time in Brenda’s company can immediately conclude that here is a woman with a penchant for brutal honesty, unafraid to wear her heart on her sleeve — as I observed during several long chats with her.
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