Trending Now: Jessie Buckley sparkles at Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards – Fans React

Jessie Buckley was all smiles as she made her first red carpet appearance since receiving her Oscar and BAFTA nominations on Sunday, sparkling in a white dress at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards.

The Irish actress commanded attention as she posed in her sequinned maxi dress, which had a high neckline and ballooned sleeves, after arriving at the May Fair Hotel in London.

She kept her accessories to a minimum for the glam night out, adding simple sparkly earrings and glowy natural makeup to complete her look.

Jessie was joined on the red carpet by her co-stars Noah Jupe, who plays Hamnet in the film, and Jacobi Jupe, who plays Jessie’s on-screen son Hamnet.

The real-life brothers, whose mother is a former soap star, happily posed for pictures with Jessie, with Noah wearing a green satin shirt and sweetly seen hugging his film mum.

The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards come after Jessie appeared at an In Conversation event at the British Film Institute’s BFI Southbank in London and told how her Hamnet role has been ‘life-changing’.

She said: ‘I think we (the cast) all felt like making it was such a special experience, but it’s so vulnerable… that first moment when you share something that has really been such a personal, life-changing experience. It’s so vulnerable.

‘It’s like giving birth. You’re like, ‘No, my baby’, and then, it’s OK. But I’m so thrilled and proud that a film like this and a story like this, and protagonists like this can have such an impact, that really it’s kind of taken its own course in a way that I didn’t know.’

As for how she’s dealing with the reaction to the film, Jessie said: ‘I think I’m OK. People are asking me. I’m a new mum, I had a baby six months ago, so I’m also changing nappies at 3am, and I think it’s a gift.’

‘My work’s done; this bit is about sharing it with the world,’ Jessie, who will find out if she’s won an Oscar for her portrayal of Agnes in March, added.