HOLLYWOOD, United States, March 16, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Irish actress Jessie Buckley on Sunday won the best actress Oscar for her searing portrait of motherhood and love undone by loss in "Hamnet."

She bested Rose Byrne ("If I Had Legs I'd Kick You"), Renate Reinsve ("Sentimental Value"), Emma Stone ("Bugonia") and Kate Hudson ("Song Sung Blue").