Overview
- Buckley was nominated for female actor in a leading role at the newly rebranded Actor Awards, with co-star Paul Mescal up for supporting actor, following her Critics’ Choice Best Actress win.
- She is also nominated for a Golden Globe on Jan. 11, reinforcing her status as a leading contender this season.
- Hamnet, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, continues its theatrical rollout with UK and Irish cinemas opening Jan. 9, as strong reviews spotlight Zhao’s assured direction.
- Critics single out Buckley’s harrowing, physically expressive work portraying childbirth and grief as the film’s emotional core.
- Buckley says inhabiting Agnes awakened a deep desire to become a parent; she became pregnant after filming wrapped in 2024 and welcomed a daughter in 2025, and she recalls Zhao using a tantra-informed polarity workshop to shape the leads’ on-screen chemistry.