10 Times A Hair Transformation Rendered Jessie Buckley Unrecognisable
Jessie Buckley is a classic triple threat. Trained in music, dance and acting, she has proven herself in the West End as well as on the big screen. Now, as the lead in Chloé Zhao’s much-anticipated Hamnet, opposite Irish heartthrob Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare, Buckley has delivered a performance that’s widely expected to clean up this awards season.
Buckley has been gifted with a chameleon-like quality, that in addition to being an asset to an actress, also allows her to pull off any hairstyle with aplomb. We’re talking bleach blonde chunky pixie cuts, corkscrew curls, fiery red shades, Dutch braids and full fringes. “My hair’s my way of hiding,” she tells Hayley Maitland in British Vogue’s February 2026 cover story.
In celebration of Buckley gracing the cover of British Vogue for the first time, see 10 of her best hair transformations below.
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2008
Auburn ringlets at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Birthday In The Park concert.
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2009
Side-swept curls at Somerset House in London.
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2016
A loose updo for an event at the Royal Opera House in London.
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2017
A grown-out pixie cut at Royal Albert Hall.
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2018
She added a full fringe to her fiery red bob in 2018.
- Karwai Tang6/10
2021
Micro bangs and an edgy, ear-grazing cut at the BFI London Film Festival.
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2022
A sideswept pixie crop with eyebrow-grazing bangs for the UK premiere of Women Talking.
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2023
A chunky bob with kinky texture at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2023.
