‘I first met Oscar fave Jessie Buckley as a young BBC reality star - one thing stood out even then'

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I distinctly remember the one and only time I met and interviewed Jessie Buckley , who is poised - bar a major upset- to become the first Irish actress in history to receive the Best Actress Award at Sunday night’s Oscars . It was 2006, and she’d just come runner-up in the BBC reality show I’d Do Anything. I was at the start of my career in journalism and this little pocket rocket was at the start of her journey – fresh-faced, green around the ears but full of energy and raw ambition and