{"id":351109,"date":"2026-02-22T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/351109\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:55:09","slug":"baftas-2026-rose-byrne-on-surviving-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-awards-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/351109\/","title":{"rendered":"BAFTAs 2026: Rose Byrne On Surviving the Trials and Tribulations of Awards Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Mary Bronstein\u2019s If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/a>, 2026 BAFTA<\/a> nominee Rose Byrne<\/a> plays Linda, a therapist with a child suffering from a chronic gastrointestinal illness, an absent husband, and a literal hole opening up in the ceiling of her home. With the world seemingly hell-bent on her failure, indulging in the vanities of self-adornment is of little importance to Linda. Is it so wrong, then, that in promoting the film on red carpets around the globe, Byrne has felt the opposite?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of this film,\u201d the actress says, dialing in from her hotel room in Soho. \u201cLinda might be a person unravelling, but I want to be as polished and beautiful and celebratory as possible.\u201d Hence the chiffon pleated Miu Miu<\/a> gown entirely embroidered with degrad\u00e8 crystals in an almost antique shade of champagne she wore tonight at the Royal Festival Hall. \u201cIt\u2019s my first time at the BAFTAs, so the look needed to be memorable. And while the influence of Miuccia Prada is unsurpassed,\u201d she continues, \u201cbringing intellect and rigor to clothes, there is something so fun and fresh about Miu Miu.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having a fashion house click into action is a far cry from Byrne\u2019s early encounters with clothes as a young girl in Australia\u2014even if she did grow up in a suburb called Balmain. Back then, most of her wardrobe consisted of hand-me-downs from her sister, Alice, a vintage obsessive, and pieces handmade by her mother, a seamstress talented enough to make her own wedding dress. \u201cBut then I started buying fashion magazines,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was the \u201990s, and I loved, more than anything, Kate Moss and Linda Evangelista\u2019s Vogue covers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gareth Cattermole\/BAFTA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

She would go on to grace the cover of Australian Vogue herself in October 2003\u2014and again, two decades later, in October 2025\u2014but it\u2019s only in recent years that Byrne has felt able to enjoy \u201cthe stories and fantasies\u201d that fashion brings. Much of that is thanks to stylist Kate Young\u2014whose client list also includes Dakota Johnson<\/a>, Julianne Moore<\/a> and Scarlett Johansson<\/a>\u2014who hs brought Byrne into spaghetti-strap Calvin Klein<\/a> sequins for the Governors Awards; leopard-print C\u00e9line<\/a> for the Academy Museum Gala; and a silky sweep of Atonement-green Chanel<\/a> for her 2026 Golden Globes win. \u201cThe outfits are beginning to blur into one,\u201d Byrne adds with a laugh. \u201cBut what I will say is: a red-carpet dress has to be flattering, because you have to feel comfortable in the public eye, but it should also be fun\u2014you can\u2019t take clothes too seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

And though Byene readily admits to leaning on Young\u2019s \u201cextraordinary taste and chic,\u201d there has been another collaborator: Bronstein. \u201cShe loves fashion,\u201d Byrne says of the director. \u201cWe\u2019re always kibitzing and coordinating what we\u2019re going to wear. And that\u2019s not always the case when you\u2019re working with a male director.\u201d It\u2019s become a much-needed source of levity on a grueling press tour that began at Sundance Film Festival some 12 months ago. \u201cThis project is so meaningful,\u201d Byrne says. \u201cA once-in-a-lifetime thing. But there\u2019s a stamina I didn\u2019t realise would be required, especially towards the finish line.\u201d The audience response has kept her going almost as much as co-star Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s sage words: \u201cThere\u2019s free wine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Mary Bronstein\u2019s If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You, 2026 BAFTA nominee Rose Byrne plays Linda, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[119864,434,18,117,19,17],"class_list":["post-351109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bafta","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116116515907265845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}