Nicholson plays Samantha Redmond, who has picked up the nickname Sinatra because of the chairman-of-the-board-like authority she exudes, a mix of steeliness and charisma that's allowed her to create and populate an underground city for chosen survivors of a global cataclysm.
An incomparable talent with an extraordinary CV, Buckley has dominated the 2026 awards season conversation with nominations and wins for her fearless and flawless central turn in Chloé Zhao's devastating historical drama Hamnet.
She continued: "I share this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old on the road with this. "It's the best role of my life being your mum and I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman. I am very grateful for this."