Jessie Buckley: Kerry superstar has come a long way 

The Kerry actress is about to be honoured in her native county, and reveals she is thrilled to be working on a new film with fellow Irish star Paul Mescal 

Jessie Buckley attending The British Academy Film Awards Nominees' Party at Kensington Palace, London.

Jessie Buckley has a vivid childhood memory of going to one of her very first musical performances and ending up in tears because she thought the story was real.

It was a local performance of Jesus Christ Superstar in Killarney’s Áras Pádraig hall and in the scene where the lead actor died on the cross, the young Buckley started to cry.