THE RUNDOWNJessie Buckley dressed extravagantly for the Actor Awards, wearing a custom Balenciaga bustier dress.The look adheres to the evening’s “Reimagining Hollywood Glamour From the ’20s and ’30s” red carpet theme.Buckley is nominated for the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role award and is included in the Hamnet cast’s Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nod.Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley knows how to dress the part. The Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role nominee embraced the Actor Awards’ first-ever red carpet theme, “Reimagining Hollywood Glamour From the ’20s and ’30s,” which was set by ELLE. The star wore a custom black silk wool crepe bustier dress by Balenciaga, which was accented with its dramatic white silk faille veil. She accessorized with the house’s black Duchesse pumps.Frazer Harrison//Getty ImagesKevin Mazur//Getty ImagesKevin Mazur//Getty ImagesBuckley has a second nomination at this evening’s ceremony, which was formerly known as the SAG Awards. She and the rest of Hamnet’s cast are up for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.Buckley was one of ELLE’s Women in Hollywood, and she spoke in our December 2025/January 2026 issue about acting alongside Paul Mescal, who is nominated for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role tonight.“Sometimes you just have great chemistry with somebody on set, which allowed us to go wherever we needed to go,” she said. “As friends, we knew we could hold all of that and we did. And more than any male co-star I’ve had, it was the fullest version of what that was.”She also listed the actresses who inspire her during her interview: “Frances McDormand, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, and Laura Dern. What they play is so full. They’re not playing something to appeal. They’re playing a life that is complex and rich and uncomfortable and challenging and provocative. What I’ve learned from them is, get to know yourself and just keep being ruthless in bringing the life force of what it is to be a woman to the surface.”