Jessie Buckley

Infobox actor
name = Jessie Buckley


imagesize = 250px
caption = Jessie Buckley performing on "I'd Do Anything"
birthname = Jessie Buckley
birthdate = birth date and age|1989|12|28|df=no
birthplace = Killarney, County Kerry
othername =
occupation = Actress, Singer
yearsactive = 2008–present
spouse =
children =
awards =

Jessie Buckley (born 28 December, 1989, in Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish singer and actress who came second place in the BBC talent show-themed television series "I'd Do Anything".cite news
title = Nancy Contestants - Jessie
publisher = BBC
date =2008-03-22
url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/oliver/contestants/nancy/jessie.shtml
accessdate =2008-05-10 ]

Background

The eldest of five children, Buckley comes from a musical family. Her father, Tim, is a singer who is also a published poet.Fact|date=June 2008 Buckley's mother, Marina Cassidy, encouraged her to sing and coached her. She has a brother and three sisters. Buckley went to Ursuline Secondary School, an all-girls convent school in Thurles, County Tipperary where her mother, works as a vocal coach,cite news
last=Dundon
first=Noel
title= Thurles Student Destined for West End?
date=2008-03-29
publisher= Tipperary Star
url= http://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/Thurles-StudentDestined-for-West-End.3916323.jp
accessdate=2008-06-14 ] where she performed in school productions. She played a number of male roles at school including the male lead role of Jets gang founder, Tony in the musical "West Side Story" and Freddie Trumper in "Chess".cite news
last= Webster
first= Nick
title= Nancy favourite Jessie Buckley was even a star as a MALE lead
publisher=Daily Mirror
date=2008-04-19
url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/latest/2008/04/19/nancy-favourite-jessie-buckley-was-even-a-star-as-a-male-lead-89520-20387357/
accessdate=2008-06-03 ]

She has achieved Grade eight in piano, clarinet and harp with the Royal Irish Academy of Music. She is also a member of the Tipperary Millennium Orchestra. Just before she auditioned for "I'd Do Anything" she was turned down by two drama schools in London, including one the day before her first audition for the show. She also played Adam in the musical play, "Children of Eden" in 2005 at her secondary school in Thurles.Fact|date=August 2008

"I'd Do Anything"

Buckley competed in "I'd Do Anything", a search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy in a London West End stage revival of the British musical "Oliver!". Buckley reached the final on 31 May 2008, finishing in second place behind Jodie Prenger. Before the final vote was announced in Show two of the final, Graham Norton asked the panel who they each thought was Nancy. Three of the panel said Buckley and two Prenger. John Barrowman and Denise van Outen said "Jodie", while Barry Humphries, Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber said "Jessie". However, the public voted for Jodie.cite news
title = Reviewing the Situation: Final Results, Jodie is Nancy!
publisher = BBC
date =2008-05-31
url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/oliver/news/2008/05/31/55312.shtml
accessdate =2008-05-31 ]

Performances on I'd Do Anything

After I'd Do Anything

Buckley performed at the "Andrew Lloyd Webber's Birthday In The Park" show in Hyde Park, London on 14 September, 2008, singing "Light At The End Of The Tunnel" from Starlight Express with fellow "I'd Do Anything" finalists Keisha Amposa Banson, Niamh Perry, Rachel Tucker as well as "Any Dream Will Do" finalists Daniel Boys, Lewis Bradley, Ben James-Ellis and Keith Jack.cite news
last = Shenton
first = Mark
title = Paige, Menzel, Barrowman and More Celebrate Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park
publisher = Playbill
date = 2008-09-14
url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121249.html
accessdate = 2008-10-01]

On 10 October, 2008 it was announced that Buckley will be appearing in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical "A Little Night Music",in the role of Anne Egerman, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, a fringe studio theatre, in London from 22 November 2008 to 8 March 2009. She will appear alongside Maureen Lipman and Hannah Waddingham in the production, which is directed by Trevor Nunn.cite news
last = Smith
first = Alistair
title = I’d Do Anything runner-up Buckley to join Lipman in A Little Night Music
publisher = The Stage
date =2008-10-10
url =http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/22044/id-do-anything-runner-up-buckley-to-join
accessdate =2008-10-10 ]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=2976580|name=Jessie Buckley
* [http://jessiebuckleyonline.com Official Jessie Buckley Website]