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THE PRIDE OF KILLARNEY Oscar nominated actress Jessie Buckley has become hot Hollywood property – and with every role she takes on - is wowing audiences across the globe. | By Michelle Crean This year Jessie – who hails from Muckross in Killarney - was not only nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress playing the role of Leda in ‘The Lost Daughter’ but was up for a BAFTA award too. She secured an Olivier award for her role in London musical ‘Caberet’ and is rocking it with a new 12-track album 'For All Our Days That Tear The Heart' with award-winning British producer and musician Bernard Butler. Jessie rose to fame following her appearance on the 2008 BBC show ‘I’d Do Anything’ hosted by Graham Norton where she came second place. Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of the world's best celebrated musical theatre composers, with works including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Sunset Boulevard was, at the time, searching for someone to play the part of Nancy. Since then she has had some major castings including one of the lead roles in Shakespeare’s 'Romeo and Juliet. Other work includes ‘I'm Thinking of Ending Things’, and she played the lead role as nurse Oraetta Mayflower in season four of ‘Fargo’. One of her most moving roles to date was when she portrayed the real life story of Lyudmilla Ignatenko in ‘Chernobyl’, depicting the traumatic events of the 1986 disaster. She shows off her stunning singing ability as Rose-Lynn Harlan in Wild Rose alongside Golden Globe winner Dame Julie Walters. In it she plays a wild single mother of two just released from prison, seeking Country Music fame in Tennessee. Earlier roles included Marya Bolkonskaya in the BBC 2016 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's ‘War and Peace’, Lorna Bow in ‘Taboo’ and Marian Halcombe in ‘The Woman in White’.
Locals thrilled for Jessie’s success Members of Killarney Musical Society (KMS) were overjoyed when Jessie was nominated for an Oscar earlier this year. “We are beyond thrilled for Jessie,” Orna Cleary from KMS said. “We recall Jessie as she graced the stage with us in the past, firstly as a member of our children’s chorus 4
I KILLARNEY Magazine
2022
