Denigrating traditional family roles is so popular in Hollywood that any praise for them is both shocking and refreshing by comparison. During Sunday’s Academy Awards, motherhood received some overdue applause. Jessie Buckley, an Irish actress, won for her role in the critically acclaimed movie Hamnet. She played Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife. The story revolves around the couple and how they deal with the loss of their 11-year-old son.

During her acceptance speech for Best Actress, Buckley praised motherhood and all its intricacies. Buckley is a new mom to her little girl, 8-month-old Isla. In her speech, she mentioned her daughter and also acknowledged her husband, saying, “Fred, I love you, man. I love you; you’re the most incredible dad. You’re my best friend, and I want to have 20,000 more babies with you, I do. I do!” She also thanked the movie’s female screenwriters: “To get to know this incandescent woman and journey to understand the capacity of a mother’s love is the greatest collision of my life.” The end of her brief speech was beautiful: “It’s Mother’s Day in the U.K.........

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