Jessie was the first Irish winner of the Best Leading Actress for Hamnet at the 98th Academy Awards last night!
She gave an amazing acceptance speech too! It had me in tears:
“Thank you to the incredible women I stand beside. I am inspired by your art and your heart and I want to work with everyone 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!! Mum, Dad, thank you for teaching us to dream to never be defined by expectation, but to carve from your own passion.
You…Fred, I love you, man. I love you. You are the most incredible dad. You’re my best friend and I want to have 20,000 more babies with you. I do!
And to Isla, my little girl who is 8 months, and who has absolutely no idea what’s going on and is probably dreaming of milk…but this is kind of a deal…and I love you and I love being your mum and I wait to discover life beside you.
Chloe and Maggie, 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 Mother’s Day in the UK today so I want to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart.
We all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds. Thank you for recognising me in this role. This is the greatest honour. I can’t even believe it.”











