Oscars 2026- Jessie Buckley wins best actress for 'Hamnet'

As artists, we're always learning how to listen to our instincts, to one another, and to the fundamental truths inside a story. Jesse, Rose, Kate, Renata, and Emma, you left me and all of us in awe with your performances. Jesse Buckley, Hamnet. Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue. Bad things happen over and over and I just want to sing and I want to shine before another car runs into me. Renata Reinsberg, Sentimental Valley. Emma Stone, Beconia. I figured you'd be apprehended feeding antifreeze to a coma patient and then I'd be freed. I could return to my work but you actually got away with it, you sick ape. And the Oscar goes to Jesse Buckley. This is the first Oscar win and second nomination for Jesse Buckley. Previously she was nominated for a supporting role in The Lost Daughter. Wow, thank you so much. This is really something. Thank you to the incredible women that I stand beside. I am inspired by your art and your heart and I want to work with every single one of you. To the producers who created this ship for us to stand in and my shipmates for life, Hilda, Jessica, Lindy, Zach, none of this is possible without you. My family, my Irish family, they're all here. Ireland bought them flights. We're out here. Can you just, mom, dad, thank you for teaching us to dream and to never be defined by expectation but to carve from your own passion. You, Fred, I love you, man. I love you. You're the most incredible dad. You're my best friend and I want to have 20,000 more babies with you. I do, I do. And Isla, my little girl who is eight months, who has absolutely no idea what's going on and is probably dreaming of milk but this is kind of a big deal and I love you and I love being your mom and I can't wait to discover life beside you. Chloe and Maggie, you, to get to know this incandescent woman and journey to understand the capacity of a mother's love is the greatest collision of my life. It's um, it's Mother's Day in the UK today. I'd like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother's heart. Lineage of women who continue to create against all odds. Thank you for recognizing me in this role. This is the greatest honor. I can't even believe it.