ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE

Hamnet star Jessie Buckley has made history by becoming the first Irish woman to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards in Hollywood. The prize went to Buckley for her role as William Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes, in the drama directed by Chloé Zhao. Buckley burst into a fit of laughter before beginning her speech, saying, “This is really something.” “It’s Mother’s Day in the U.K. today, so I would like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart,” she said. “We