I, like most viewers who saw Hamnet, bawled like a baby watching Jessie Buckley portray a grief-stricken mother in Chloé Zhao’s film loosely inspired by William Shakespeare’s family. So seeing Buckley on the 2026 Oscars red carpet felt emotional all over again—not from lingering sadness, but out of secondhand pride for the singular talent, who entered the 98th Academy Awards as a Best Actress frontrunner.
Dressed by every fashion girl’s favorite stylist, Danielle Goldberg, Buckley certainly looked like an Oscar winner in a pink-and-red Chanel gown designed by Matthieu Blazy. Red silk satin wrapped tightly around Buckley’s torso, while ballet-slipper pink chiffon gathered at her waist before cascading into a long train.
