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Jessie Buckley to receive Oscar Wilde Award in US

Jessie Buckley - Joins fellow Irish star Kerry Condon as a 2023 honouree
Jessie Buckley - Joins fellow Irish star Kerry Condon as a 2023 honouree

Jessie Buckley is to be honoured at next year's Oscar Wilde Awards in California, it has been announced.

The annual awards ceremony is held by the US-Ireland Alliance to celebrate the contribution Ireland makes to film, television, and music. It takes place during the build-up to the Oscars.

The 2023 awards are scheduled for Thursday 9 March at Bad Robot, the Santa Monica production company of JJ Abrams and Katie McGrath.

Jessie Buckley in her Oscar-tipped role as Mariche in Women Talking

Buckley joins fellow Irish actor Kerry Condon as a 2023 Oscar Wilde Awards honouree. News of Condon's award was announced last month.

Killarney's Buckley and Thurles' Condon are tipped to be among next year's Academy Award nominees for their performances in Women Talking and The Banshees of Inisherin, respectively.

Kerry Condon will also be honoured at the Oscar Wilde Awards next March

The Academy Awards take place on Sunday 12 March. The nominations will be revealed on Tuesday 24 January.

Previous recipients of Oscar Wilde Awards include Jamie Dornan, Mark Hamill, Jim Sheridan, Chris O'Dowd, Colin Farrell, Caitriona Balfe, Ruth Negga, Sarah Bolger, Lenny Abrahamson, Saoirse Ronan, Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Neil Jordan.

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