Hamnet - (2025)

Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include the Academy Award for Best Actress (becoming the first Irish woman to win the award), a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Scottish BAFTA, in addition to an additional nomination for an Academy Award. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything,…

Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Dublin and raised in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. Mescal's breakthrough came with a leading…

Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars vo…

Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born February 21, 1991) is an English actor. Alwyn made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and has since played roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Harriet (2019), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), and The Brutalist (2024), as well as the BBC and Hulu drama series Convers…

Jacobi Jupe (born July 2013) is a British actor, best known for portraying Hamnet Shakespeare in Hamnet (2025) for which he won the Astra Film Award for Best Young Performer, and received nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. He is also the younger brother of actor Noah Jupe.

Noah Casford Jupe (born February 25, 2005) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Night Manager (2016), the dark comedy film Suburbicon (2017), the drama film Wonder (2017); the horror film A Quiet Place (2018) and its sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2021); the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019); the drama film Honey Boy (2019), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spi…

Olivia Lynes (born November 11, 2011) is a British singer and actress, who gained fame as a finalist in Series 16 of Britain's Got Talent (2023). Known for her powerful vocals and receiving Amanda Holden's Golden Buzzer, she performed "Defying Gravity" and "Into the Unknown" on the show. She has since appeared on The Helene Fischer Show and acted in the 2025 film Hamnet.

Justine Mitchell is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Elaine Lynch in the Irish thriller series Smother (2021-2023) and for portraying Joan Hathaway in Chloé Zhao's 2025 period drama film Hamnet.

David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barb…

Louisa Clare Harland is an Irish actress best known for her role as Orla McCool in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls and the titular character of the Disney+ series Renegade Nell. Brought up in Dundrum, South Dublin, Harland has two older sisters, Katie and Ellie. She was part of the Ann Kavanagh Youth Theatre in Rathfarnham. She trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Upon graduation, Harland land…

Bodhi Rae Breathnach (born August 16, 2011) is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. She is known for her work in literary adaptations, historical drama, and genre films, and has appeared in productions for film, television, and major British theatre institutions. Breathnach made her feature film debut portraying Susanna Shakespeare in Hamnet (2025), directed by Chloé Zhao, an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s n…