The Tamesis
Charlie Kaufman’s heartwarming production centers on the mysterious Buckley, who plays the conflicted girlfriend of Jesse Plemons’ awkward Jack, who takes her to meet his extremely strange parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis). All hell breaks loose, but her mesmerizing, wholehearted transformation holds it all together.
fargo (2020)
In the fourth season of Noah Hawley’s thrilling crime anthology series set in 1950s Kansas City, Buckley plays a feisty, drug-addled nurse who proves she can play a lovable villain with the same flair she brings to lovable every woman.
missing daughter (2021)
Then came Buckley’s first Oscar nomination, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s nuanced meditation on the joys and heartbreaks of parenthood, her sensitive, strong, and haunting performance as a frazzled young mother struggling to make ends meet. If anyone had any doubts about her abilities, this – a shocking supporting role – is their answer.
