As Jessie Buckley became the first Irish woman in Oscars history to be crowned best actress, she made sure to wrap up her acceptance speech with some Gaelic.
In Hamnet‘s only Academy Award win, Buckley beat Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), and Emma Stone (Bugonia) to the penultimate prize of the evening.
After thanking her husband and eight-month-old daughter, she dedicated the win to the “chaos of a mother’s heart.” Right before the Kerry native departed the stage, she could also be heard saying, “Go raibh maith agaibh, slán,” which Irish reports translate to “Thank you very much, goodbye.”
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