HAMNET Star Jessie Buckley Is British VOGUE’s February 2026 Cover Star!

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HAMNET star Jessie Buckley covers British VOGUE’s February 2026 issue photographed by Jack Davison.

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“When you become a 12-year-old little woman, a lot of what you’re told – or what I heard, anyway – was that you need to be small, in every sense. Be careful, don’t be smart, just keep yourself neat. And I was like: ‘Oh? OK?’ But I felt like I was on fire, and then sort of imploded rather than exploding.” 

Buckley has never been particularly interested in what she calls “the top-layer stuff” (TikTok, tabloid inches), preferring to focus solely on the work. As Mescal, another costar turned confidante, puts it: Jessie is “the person I’d like to be when I grow up, in terms of her confidence in her artistry [and] her lack of interest in the shiny things that this career can offer people. She’s a mountain of a human being.”

Buckley is aware that having an online follower count of zero has made her a riskier bet for certain parts. Post-Hamnet, her next film is the 1930s-set The Bride! Opening this March, this is Gyllenhaal’s provocative update on a subplot from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, with a rumoured budget of more than £50 million. But: “Being completely honest, nobody wanted me to do that film,” Buckley says. “I mean, the studio. I’ve never done a Marvel, I’m not on Instagram, I’m probably the least bankable [choice]. Like the security or the riskiness was… It was difficult for them. And Maggie was like, ‘Sorry, I’m not doing it without her.’” 

[Photo Credit: Jack Davison for British Vogue Magazine]

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