Jessie Buckley Oscar Hopes Boost Ireland’s Soft Power in Tense Trade Era

Jessie Buckley is the hot favorite to win her first Oscar at the Academy Awards on Sunday, underlining again the extent of Ireland’s global cultural reach.

A win for the Hamnet actor would represent another marketing bonanza for a country of just 5 million on the edge of Europe. Irish producers have also been recognized at the March 15 ceremony, including Element Pictures, a producer on Best Picture-nominated Bugonia.