Jessie Buckley is nominated for best actress at the Oscars this weekend, for her performance in the movie “Hamnet.” She plays the wife of William Shakespeare — and a grieving mother — as the couple confronts the loss of their only son. The role has already won her a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an Actor Award. In a conversation on “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/podcasts/the-daily/oscars-2026-who-will-win-and-who-should-win.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sunday Daily</a>,” The Times’s chief movie critic, Manohla Dargis, said it would be a major upset if Buckley did not also win an Academy Award.
Ahead of the ceremony, we’re bringing you our conversation with Buckley from last year. “When I was filming ‘Hamnet,’ I deeply wanted to become a mother,” Buckley said. “And it was such a gift to move through this woman and her motherhood and her love and her loss before I became a mother myself.”
On this episode of “Modern Love,” Buckley describes how she was able to access the vulnerability she portrayed onscreen. And she talks about how her life has changed since having her own child. Plus, she reads the Modern Love essay <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/fashion/20love.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The Wrong Kind of Inheritance”</a> by Victoria Dougherty.
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