Updates from the babysitter? Golden Globe winner Jessie Buckley’s child woman flashes up on her cellphone as she enjoys a child-free evening out
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Jessie Buckley was having the night of her life at the Golden Globes after sweeping the board in the major categories – but she was still thinking about her baby girl.
Jessie, 36, who was awarded the Best Actress – Drama gong, welcomed her daughter last year with her rarely-seen husband Freddie Sorensen.
The fiercely private actress, 35, revealed she was pregnant in April when she showed off her baby bump at a red carpet event, yet did not announce the birth at the time.
Speaking in December, Jessie later revealed she had welcomed a baby girl, whose name she has not disclosed, on The New York Times Modern Love podcast.
During the evening on Sunday, Jessie was pictured beaming as she sat beside her Hamnet director, Chloé Zhao, ahead of the film being award Best Motion Picture.
But eagle-eyed fans will note the image which had flashed up on her iPhone screen, which appeared to be of her baby daughter.
Jessie Buckley was having the night of her life at the Golden Globes after sweeping the board in the major categories – but she was still thinking about her baby girl.
Eagle-eyed fans will note the image which had flashed up on her iPhone screen, which appeared to be of her baby daughter
It is likely that whoever was caring for her daughter during the child-free evening had been spending her picture updates of her baby.
During the evening, Jessie was supported by her husband Freddie, 47, who she previously stated would not join her on the red carpet because of his job.
Jessie said that because of his role as a mental health worker they would like that he kept his anonymity.
When discussing the arrival of her daughter, Jessie revealed that Hamnet, in which she plays a grieving mother, brought out a maternal side to her that she hadn’t realised was so strong.
Hamnet dramatises the marriage between Anne Hathaway (Jessie) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal), and the impact of the tragic death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet on their relationship, which inspired Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.
She explained: ‘I’m not surprised I got pregnant a week after I finished filming because I had coaxed… it was also quite intense to have that need while I was in this place of absolute mother and it not be a real thing yet.’
Jessie continued: ‘There was moments where it broke my heart because I was living this altered world, where I was absolutely that. Well, just be patient…
‘I think when I was filming Hamnet, I deeply wanted to become a mother myself.
Jessie was awarded the Best Actress – Drama gong for Hamet, which won Best Motion Picture
Jessie welcomed her daughter last year with her husband Freddie Sorensen (pictured)
The fiercely private actress, 35, revealed she was pregnant in April when she showed off her baby bump at a red carpet event, yet did not announce the birth
‘And it was such a gift to move through this woman and her motherhood and her love and her loss before I became a mother myself.
‘And I think even getting pregnant and throughout my pregnancy and how I was thinking about what kind of birth I wanted and how I would be autonomous in choosing that as much as I could was very empowering.’
Jessie also confirmed that she had welcomed a girl as she detailed the lessons she would like to pass onto her daughter.
‘I think the thing I can hope to impart to her, and I’m sure she’s going to go on her whole own trajectory, and she should, is we have one life,’ Jessie mused.
‘And we’re always going to be — there’s always going to be things in our life that are going to make us doubt or be afraid or feel like it would be safer to be smaller in some way.
‘And I see this little life that’s so new but so full and so untarnished by an idea or a projection of what we’re supposed to be. And I just hope that if I can pass anything onto her in the way that my mother’s has passed on to me is that all the parts of you are not too much.
‘The world needs all of you, and that means incubating the struggles, is like living through the struggles, the shadows. The things that are going to challenge you, you have to metabolize it and incubate it. And there’s no too-muchness. It’s only to be lived fully.’
Hamnet dramatises the marriage between Anne Hathaway (Jessie) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal), and the impact of the tragic death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet on their relationship, which inspired Shakespeare’s play Hamlet
Jessie also discussed Hamnet and motherhood on The Graham Norton Show
Jessie also discussed Hamnet and motherhood on The Graham Norton Show.
Jessie said of Hamnet: ‘It is a real peek behind the curtain of who the family man Shakespeare might have been. It’s about love, loss, motherhood and storytelling. It was such a gorgeous shoot.’
Asked about it being a hugely emotional watch, she said: ‘There have been some beautiful moments in putting it out into the world.
‘I watched it first when I was eight months pregnant and I was not okay. It was so embarrassing to cry at my own film, but it was so beautiful.’
Jessie’s pregnancy reveal came a year after she married her partner Freddie/
She has refused to reveal the identity of her mysterious partner – but it has now emerged that they tied the knot one year ago and he is a mental health professional who lives in Islington, north London.
The couple split their time between London and Norfolk where the actress moved to in 2022.
Jessie has largely refrained from publicly discussing her relationship status following her split from James Norton in pictured in 2017 (pictured together). Last year she announced she had married a man known only at the time as ‘Freddie’
Jessie announced last year during an episode of Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware that she tied the knot at their home in Norfolk and managed to keep their marriage under wraps for months.
She detailed a fun-filled wedding – which featured a keg of Guinness – their ‘many moons’ instead of one honeymoon and how the pair have been enjoying East Anglia.
Speaking about her husband, she gushed: ‘He is gorgeous!’
The couple split their time 50/50 between east London and Norfolk, where they have a home together.
Jessie and Freddie met on a blind date set up by mutual friend Marc Robinson, with whom she worked on her 2018 breakout film Wild Rose.
They initially considered settling down in Suffolk where they met due to their associations of falling in love in the place, but were won over by Norfolk.
Jessie’s wedding came seven years after her self-described ‘acrimonious’ split from Happy Valley star James Norton, 40, whom she dated from 2015 to 2017.
She previously said: ‘We have broken up, yes. It was acrimonious, but it’s a tough job to have a relationship and he is a great man and we are great friends. That’s it. How.’
Golden Globe Awards 2026 winners
FILM
Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another – WINNER
One Battle After Another earned the most with four including Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Best Picture – Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet – WINNER
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson – Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent – WINNER
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme – WINNER
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Timothee Chalamet is one step closer to the Oscar as he earned Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for Marty Supreme
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – WINNER
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Teyana Taylor earned Best Supporting Actress for One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value – WINNER
Best Original Song
“Dream as One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
“I Lied to You” – Sinners
“No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good
The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
Best Original Score– Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners – WINNER
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Kangding Ray – Sirāt
Max Richter – Hamnet
Hans Zimmer – F1
Best Director – Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson earned Best Director and Screenplay for One Battle After Another
Best non-English Language Film
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent – WINNER
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Animated Film
Arco
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Outstanding Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Sinners – WINNER
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2
TELEVISION
Best TV Series – Drama
The Diplomat
The Pitt – WINNER
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
The Pitt took home the coveted Best TV Series – Drama
Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio – WINNER
Best Limited TV Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Adolescence – WINNER
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series – Drama
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
Diego Luna – Andor
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo – Task
Adam Scott – Severance
Noah Wyle – The Pitt – WINNER
Noah Wyle was recognized for his work on The Pitt
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series — Drama
Kathy Bates – Matlock
Britt Lower – Severance
Helen Mirren – MobLand
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus – WINNER
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
Rashida Jones – Black Mirror
Amanda Seyfried – Long Bright River
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex – WINNER
Robin Wright – The Girlfriend
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series — Musical or Comedy
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Glen Powell – Chad Powers
Seth Rogen – The Studio – WINNER
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Seth Rogen earned Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series — Musical or Comedy; he’s pictured with Chase Sui Wonders
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series — Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Jean Smart – Hacks – WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Jacob Elordi – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti – Black Mirror
Stephen Graham – Adolescence – WINNER
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jude Law – Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie
Owen Cooper – Adolescence – WINNER
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Walton Goggins – The White Lotus
Jason Isaac – The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman – Severance
Ashley Walters – Adolescence
Owen Cooper was among the youngest winners ever as he earned Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie for Adolescence
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie
Carrie Coon – The White Lotus
Erin Doherty – Adolescence – WINNER
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Catherine O’Hara – The Studio
Parker Posey – The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on TV
Bill Maher – Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
Brett Goldstein – The Second Best Night of Your Life
Kevin Hart – Acting My Age
Kumail Nanjiani – Night Thoughts
Ricky Gervais – Mortality – WINNER
Sarah Silverman – Postmortem
PODCASTING
Best Podcast
Armchair Expert
Call Her Daddy
Good Hang – WINNER
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Smartless
Up First
Amy Poehler earned the inaugural best Podcast award for Good Hang With Amy Poehler
