Jessie Buckley is one of the favourites to win the Best Actress prize at the 98th Academy Awards for her incredible performance as bereaved mother Agnes in Hamnet, which is released this month.
Directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao and based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell, it tells the story of Agnes and William Shakespeare and the death of their only son, Hamnet, and how it became the origin of one of the Bard’s most famous plays, Hamlet.
Gladiator and Normal People star Paul Mescal – who is also tipped for an Oscar nod this awards season – plays William Shakespeare, with Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn also in the cast.
The film has already won the Toronto…