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Inside Jessie Buckley’s personal life together with mysterious husband who will ‘by no means stroll purple carpet’ together with her

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Actress Jessie Buckley has shared valuable perception into her life and marriage to the mysterious Freddie (Image: Getty Pictures)

Jessie Buckley at the moment stars in Hamnet as William Shakespeare’s spouse Agnes, reverse Paul Mescal because the Bard.

The 36-year-old rose to fame in 2008 as a part of the BBC expertise present I’d Do Something, during which she joined a bunch of hopefuls vying for the a part of Nancy in a West Finish revival of the present Oliver!

After ending in second place, Jessie went on to forge a formidable profession in TV and movie, showing within the BBC collection Struggle & Peace and Taboo.

Breaking onto the silver display with the 2018 musical movie Wild Rose, she went on to star in starring roles in Chernobyl, Males, and Girls Speaking.

Along with BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for her position in Wild Rose, she additionally received a Laurence Olivier Award for her efficiency in 2021’sWest Finish revival of Cabaret.

However how a lot do we actually find out about Jessie Buckley? From her lesser-seen husband to their historic nation home and secret marriage ceremony, right here’s the lowdown on the rising star.

This image released by Focus Features shows Jessie Buckley, left, and Paul Mescal in a scene from
Jessie stars alongside Paul Mescal in Hamnet (Image: AP)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/Shutterstock (15524941bz) Jessie Buckley 'Hamnet' premiere, 69th BFI London Film Festival, UK - 11 Oct 2025
Little is understood about Jessie’s life away from the display (Image: Shutterstock)

Who’s Jessie Buckley’s husband, Freddie?

Jessie Buckley is married to the enigmatic Freddie Sorensen, who she says works within the psychological well being occupation.

Throughout an look on Jessie and Lennie Ware’s Desk Manners podcast in 2024, Jessie revealed that Freddie is English, and hails from Islington.

Past that, all we find out about their relationship is that they met on a blind date, after being arrange by a music govt with whom Jessie labored on Wild Rose.

Jessie Buckley (right) came second to Jodie Prenger on I'd Do Anything in 2008
Jessie rose to fame on the BBC competitors I’d Do Something, the place she got here second to Jodie Prenger (Image: BBC)

Earlier than pursuing a profession in psychological well being, Freddie served as producer for numerous high-profile tv tasks, together with The X Issue, ITV’s Sport of Abilities UK, and producing two episodes of the BBC’s Gladiators reboot in 2022.

Freddie has stored out of the highlight since his secret marriage to Jessie in 2023, with British Vogue reporting this month that ‘anonymity is important’ to his new occupation.

And, whereas she says he’s ‘having a ball consuming canapés’ at promotional occasions, the pair received’t be making their purple carpet debut collectively anytime quickly… if ever.

Olivia Colman (C), Jessie Buckley (R), and guests at the 94th Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 27th, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Polk/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Freddie joined Jessie on the 2022 Oscars ceremony (Image: Getty Pictures)
Jessie Buckley's husband Freddie Sorensen next to her at the 2022 Oscars on Olivia Colman's table. He's the one laughing with his hands crossed in this pic, she's between him and OC
The 2022 ceremony could also be Freddie’s final (Image: ABC)

Nevertheless, the Every day Mail have since revealed that Freddie did beforehand make a displaying on the Oscars in 2022, when Jessie was nominated Finest Supporting Actress for her position in The Misplaced Daughter.

In an image from the occasion, Freddie might be seen smiling as he sits at a desk with Jessie and actresses Olivia Coleman and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

In one other picture, Freddie is pictured laughing whereas Maggie’s brother, Jake Gyllenhaal sits within the foreground.

Jessie Buckley (R) at the 94th Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 27th, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Polk/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Freddie embarked upon a change of profession and now avoids the highlight (Image: Getty Pictures)

Does Jessie Buckley have kids?

Jessie and Freddie share one baby collectively – a daughter, who she revealed that she was anticipating final 12 months.

In November, she shared an replace on how she was discovering motherhood, telling Elle: ‘The perfect factor about being a mother is simply when even if you’re having a tough day, they provide you these otherworldly little smiles and make your coronary heart crack right into a thousand items, and also you assume, “Oh, it’s all going to be okay.”‘

She added: ‘My little woman simply began to snigger and make foolish noises. I believe it’s the funniest and cutest factor on the planet.’

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (16257303f) Jessie Buckley 2026 Astra Film Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, California, USA - 09 Jan 2026
Jessie’s garnered awards buzz for her position in Hamnet… however Freddie’s unlikely to affix her on the purple carpet (Image: Shutterstock)

In December, Jessie shared one other replace whereas on The New York Instances’ Fashionable Love podcast.

‘Everybody’s doing nice… All the things’s completely different… All the things’s new,’ she revealed.

‘This little human is new. You’re new. Your relationship’s new. Your entire relationship to the world is new. It’s intense, but it surely’s simply — I simply find it irresistible. I find it irresistible a lot.’

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (12862761on) Jessie Buckley 94th Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Mar 2022
Jessie and Freddie are believed to have married in 2023 (Image: Shutterstock)

Inside Jessie Buckley’s historic home and secret marriage ceremony

Whereas particulars stay skinny on the bottom surrounding Jessie and Freddie’s marriage ceremony, she did share how that they had tied the knot at their dwelling in Norfolk.

‘Buddies of ours had moved to Norfolk and acquired this outdated place for like nothing on an public sale,’ Jessie mentioned on Desk Manners.

She continued: ‘After which they confirmed us this home that we reside in, which is like [from the] 1500s and falling down… it’s a extremely superb outdated home that’s been there eternally.”

Of the marriage itself, she added: ‘Certainly one of my favorite recollections of the day was I needed a keg of Guinness, and I positively needed their cheese toasties at a sure hour.’

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