Jessie Buckley: ‘There’s something about the smell of Ireland, the air and the nature – I miss the feel of it’

Jessie Buckley is having a moment. Actually, let me rephrase that: Jessie Buckley has been having a moment since 2018, when she burst into the broader public consciousness with that barnstorming performance in the musical drama Wild Rose. Since then, well, she’s just worked and worked and worked, starring in Fargo and Chernobyl, wowing London audiences with her award-winning portrayal of Sally Bowles in Cabaret, earning an Oscar nomination for The Lost Daughter, narrowly missing out on one with Women Talking. Oh and recording a Mercury Prize-shortlisted album with Bernard Butler.