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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
By Grinne N. Aodha

‘The town is pinching itself’: Kerry pride at Jessie Buckley’s Golden Globe win

Jessie Buckley poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (Chris Pizzello/AP/PA) - (AP)

A Kerry town was brimming with pride following local woman Jessie Buckley’s Golden Globe win for her performance in Hamnet.

The Killarney native picked up the best actress prize for her portrayal of William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes Hathaway in the big-screen adaptation of a book about the death of their son, which inspired the playwright to write Hamlet.

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