The Run-Through with Vogue

Episode: Jessie Buckley On Awards Speeches, Red Carpet Dressing, and Traitors | PLUS Backstage at Rick Owens and Isabel Marant
Date: March 6, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode of The Run-Through with Vogue dives into the intersections of fashion, culture, and creativity. The first half takes listeners backstage at Paris Fashion Week, with behind-the-scenes moments from the Rick Owens and Isabel Marant shows. The second half presents a lively, candid interview with acclaimed actress and singer Jessie Buckley, discussing her experiences during awards season, her role in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride, red carpet fashion, memorable award speeches, backstage reading habits, and her love of low-brow reality TV. All conversations are infused with Vogue’s signature blend of expertise, wit, and enthusiasm.

Backstage at Paris Fashion Week

Schiaparelli Reflections

Tiziana Cardini (Vogue Contributor, Milan), Chelsea (Producer), Nicole (Vogue Runway)

• Schiaparelli’s Venue Choice:

  • Daniel Roseberry returned the show to the Carrousel du Louvre, reviving classic 90s runway nostalgia.

    "It was a famous venue in the 90s. All the shows were held there." — Tiziana (01:23)

• House Vibes and Designer Energy:

  • Roseberry's approach is confident and playful.

    "He said he feels like his colleagues are his playmates and they’re trying to be as free as possible." — Nicole (01:39)

  • The importance of creativity amid industry pressures is highlighted.

Rick Owens Show Recap

Nicole and Tiziana reporting backstage

• Rick Owens, independent and avant-garde, is celebrated for his spectacles:

  "He is among most avant garde designers and an independent still in a city full of fashion giants." — Nicole (02:36)

• Men’s Show Inspiration:

  • References to wartime, resilience, Marlena Dietrich’s swan-down jacket, and bold, sculptural silhouettes.
  • The show energizes the crowd:

    "Everybody's living it up. People were clearly turned on by the show." — Nicole (04:07)

Isabel Marant: 80s Club Glam and Literary Escapes

Arden Fanning Andrews, backstage with models and makeup artists

• Beauty and Hair Inspiration:

  • "'80s party club girl" look: luminous skin, bold blush, asymmetric hair, and sharp, modern eyeliner.
  • Makeup artist Diane explains:

    "It's quite a texturizing look... A bit 80s, a bit clubbing. So dry, asymmetric pinned to the side. Cool girl." — Damien, hairstylist (06:31)

• Runway Trends:

  • There’s a push for referencing the 80s and 90s — but with a future-facing, modern twist.
  • Arden:

    "It actually looks cool. It's not so referential that we feel like we're going back in time... It feels like the future of it." (08:07)

• Backstage Reading Culture:

  • Notable that many models are reading physical books, e-books, or listening to audiobooks between walks instead of doomscrolling.

    "It's 2026. Come on, guys. It's really hard to do it while you're backstage because you are getting pulled left and right." — Model Alex Khinzani (05:59)

Jessie Buckley in Conversation

Setting the Stage

Interviewers: Taylor Antrim (Deputy Editor), Marlie Marius (Senior Features & News Editor)
Guest: Jessie Buckley (Actress, Singer)

[09:37] – Introduction

• Jessie Buckley joins the pod for the second time, celebrating her roles in The Bride (directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal) and the critically acclaimed Hamnet—with awards season accolades.

[11:17] – Awards Season and Real Moments

• Buckley reflects on winning awards among peers:

  "It's your people. It's like the people that you work with that you admire, that you kind of get down and dirty with the most." — Jessie Buckley (11:19)

• On the realities of the circuit as a new mother:

  "I have a 7 month old. Since this began, I've been kind of traveling with my daughter and up in the middle of the night and like changing a nappy and then you're like, put a dress on. What do you mean put a dress on? What does that mean?" (12:17)

• Authentic social moments at shows—highlighted by Teyana Taylor's daughter singing to her ("star in the making"):

  "I see you, woman. Like, I love all of what you are and what you're expressing. And then to see her bring her daughter and her daughter have that confidence... The next generation's already coming up behind me." (13:36)

[15:34] – The Bride and Embodying Roles

• On shifting between The Bride and Hamnet:

  "At the end Of Bride, my heart was like, cracked wide open. I had been so physically embodied. My mind was like a laser beam… And Bride is about love. It's about our capacity to love, really love." (16:45)

• Jessie describes the personal and physical transformation for the role, including bleach-blond hair and intensive dance prep:

  "I arrived into Hamnet rehearsals with bleached eyebrows, bleached armpit hair… They were having meetings about my eyebrows, wondering if they were gonna, like, return." (16:04)

[19:16] – Recurring Motifs: Rebellion & Womanhood

• On connecting her roles through themes of defiance and questioning:

  "I'm not an actress who ever wants to let go any of the education that these incredible women have given me… Where Bride met me and Where Hamnet met Me was like all that disobedience, the rebellion..." (19:16)
  "Not just an idea of a woman, but like, the totality of it." (20:09)

[21:05] – Working with Maggie Gyllenhaal

• Maggie's direction is described as charged, intentional, and transformative:

  "Maggie has a real vision… She wants to ask the uncomfortable question. You know, I think what she asks all of her actors and herself is to grow, step, ask the question that's going to challenge you." (22:05)

• Preparing for The Bride was an intensive year-long process of movement, character creation, and collaboration with Christian Bale:

  "I prepped for a year for Bride… I want to work in a way where once I get to set, I'm taking my hands off the wheel. And the most important thing is the person that’s standing in front of me." (21:27)

[23:49] – Physicality in Performance

• On learning choreography and loving the embodied aspects of acting:

  "I love being physical… Christian (Bale) is actually really annoying… I had to, like, literally tap dance. I was so bad at tap dancing at the beginning." (24:14)

[26:11] – Fashion and Self-Expression

• Buckley recalls referencing John Galliano and Pat McGrath for her Margiela premiere look:

  "That white skin, which became a kind of huge reference for us to kind of make her skin bleach." (26:54)

• On her evolving relationship with fashion—emotional, sometimes rebellious, now more open and expressive thanks to stylist Danielle Goldberg:

  "My body being very, you know, changing… and finding a way to not hide in clothes, but actually let myself be seen." (28:58)
  "I just want to see you. I want to just, you know… I felt like I could, like, breathe for the first time." (29:14)

[30:04] – The Art of Award Speeches

• Dubbed a “no notes” speech-giver, Buckley shares her approach:

  "You hope you can speak fluently. I do think about what I'm going to say because… I'm speaking on behalf of women. I'm speaking on behalf of motherhood and what this role has, how it's changed me." (30:33)

• On vulnerability and realness:

  "At the end of the day, I'm like, only human. And these moments are really overwhelming sometimes. And you're trying to take in the moment, which is a lot, and also find the moment." (31:56)

[33:24] – Dream Collaborators & New Challenges

• Jessie names dream directors: Pawel Pawlikowski, Jane Campion, Leos Carax, and expresses excitement to work with Alice Rohrwacher.
• Teases an upcoming adaptation, "Three Incestuous Sisters" (35:05).
• On Die, My Love and Lynne Ramsay, says:

  "It wasn't a palatable, like, film. Like, it was hard, but I was like, yeah, like, that's definitely somebody's story, and there's room for that here." (35:31)

[37:25] – Theatre: What’s Next?

• On her desire to return to stage:

  "I'm trying to set up a theater company...to kind of uncover what is our cultural conversation at the moment...I really want to take responsibility as an actor to help in the process of creating new language in scripts." (38:13)

[39:46] – What Jessie’s Reading

• Confesses to buying many books but having no time to read as a new mother.
• Recommends:
  • "All the Faces I Can See" (CS Lewis)
  • "The Feminine in Fairy Tales" (Marie-Louise von Franz)
  • "Sea State" (Tabitha Lasley)
  • "Constellations" (David Whyte):

    "His book called Constellations, he just takes one word and kind of philosophizes on that word...so good if you don't have any time and you want to feel like you've got a mind." (41:30)

[42:13] – Love of Reality TV

• On watching Celebrity Traitors and her fondness for "low culture":

  "It was called I Do Anything. It sounded desperate." — Jessie on her reality TV beginnings (42:26)
  "There's a group of us that get together...Usually led by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. And she dresses up as Claudia Winkleman and gets a deep pink tan black wig. And we take her room above a bar. You play some characters. We get really drunk and play this game." (42:50)

• On the emotional stakes of being a traitor:

  "Being a traitor is terrifying. But once you get into the river of a traitor, you're like—boom, boom, boom. And it's quite scary how good I can be at it." (43:24)

• 24 Hours In Police Custody documentary obsession:

  "I am obsessed with it. Like, I look weekly because they don't put up an episode every week..." (45:01)

Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• On Awards Realness:
  "If you can have one great chat with somebody in those situations, it kind of… diffuses the kind of heightened nature of it and you just realize you’re just a bunch of people who've made something meeting in a room to celebrate each other." — Jessie Buckley (12:17)

• On Womanhood & Rebellion:
  "The journey of rebellion, to find some autonomy in myself in order to really challenge the relationships that I meet in my life..." — Jessie Buckley (20:09)

• On Fashion Vulnerability:
  "Find a way to not hide in clothes, but actually let myself be seen." — Jessie Buckley (29:00)

• On Award Speech Nerves:
  "It's not like a natural place for anybody… What's hard is to receive that, you know, and at the end of the day, it's about you, but it's also bigger than you." — Jessie Buckley (31:29)

• On New Theatre Work:
  "Surrounded by incredible artists… I really want to take responsibility as an actor to kind of help in the process of creating new language in scripts." — Jessie Buckley (38:13)

• On Reality TV Games:
  "There's a group of us that get together...Phoebe Waller-Bridge...dresses up as Claudia Winkleman...We get really drunk and play this game." — Jessie Buckley (42:50)

Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamps | |----------------------------------------|-----------------| | Schiaparelli and Rick Owens Recap | 00:28 - 04:50 | | Isabel Marant Backstage & Book Talk | 04:57 - 08:29 | | Jessie Buckley Interview Begins | 09:37 | | Awards Season Experiences | 11:17 - 13:36 | | The Bride / Hamnet Transition | 15:34 - 18:30 | | Themes of Rebellion & Womanhood | 19:16 - 21:05 | | Maggie Gyllenhaal & Physicality | 21:05 - 25:24 | | Fashion & Awards Red Carpet | 26:11 - 30:04 | | Award Speeches: “No Notes” | 30:04 - 32:52 | | Dream Collaborators & Theatre | 33:24 - 39:29 | | What’s Jessie Reading | 39:46 - 41:58 | | Reality TV Obsessions | 42:13 - 45:53 |

Closing Thoughts

This episode is rich in both high culture and playful “low” pop-culture moments. Jessie Buckley shares candid, moving reflections on her craft, personal evolution, the demands and surprises of awards season, and the power of vulnerability. Meanwhile, the Vogue team delivers an energetic pulse check from Paris Fashion Week, blending high fashion, beauty tips, and the real-life backstage mood. For listeners, it’s a unique window into the worlds of cinema, fashion, literature, and the pleasures of binging a great reality show—always with a Vogue twist.

For more industry insight, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and engaging interviews, stay tuned to The Run-Through with Vogue.