Oscar-frontrunner Jessie Buckley has said acting is "like water to me" as she spoke about how passion for her craft helped her overcome an eating disorder and depression as a teenager.
The Irish actress, 36, has received a string of awards for her performance as William Shakespeare's wife Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet and is in the running for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Buckley, from Killarney, County Kerry, but now living in Norfolk, told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs acting was "essential" to her, as she credited it with helping her mental health.
As well as choosing her tracks she also spoke about her time on BBC talent show I'd Do Anything and praised her "extraordinary" mother.
Buckley, who is also a Mercury Music Prize-nominated singer, told presenter Lauren Laverne she did not regret her struggles.
