American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan began her career as a child with the Irish medical drama series The Clinic in 2003.[1] She made her film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in the romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman, and had her breakout role in the same year with Joe Wright's period drama Atonement. Her performance as a precocious teenager in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Two years later, she starred as a murdered girl seeking closure in Peter Jackson's drama The Lovely Bones, and in 2011, she reunited with Wright by playing the title role of an assassin in the action film Hanna.
Following a starring role in the poorly received science fiction film The Host (2013), Ronan featured in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Her performance as a homesick Irishwoman in 1950s New York City in Brooklyn (2015) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she had a voice role in the animated film Loving Vincent and played the titular teenager in Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age film Lady Bird. The latter won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical in addition to another Academy Award nomination. Ronan made her Broadway debut by playing Abigail Williams in a 2016 revival of The Crucible. Alongside more period film roles, including in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Ronan reteamed with Gerwig in Little Women (2019), which earned her another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Ronan has since made her West End theatre debut as Lady Macbeth in a revival of The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2021 and taken on a comic role in See How They Run (2022). She expanded to film production with The Outrun (2024), in which she also starred as a recovering alcoholic.
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- ^ Flynn, Roddy; Tracy, Tony (2019). Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 503. ISBN 978-1-538-11958-7.
- ^ Perkins, Dennis (December 3, 2017). "Saoirse Ronan's effortless charm buoys a fine Saturday Night Live". AV Club. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Winer, Linda (March 30, 2016). "'The Crucible' review: Ivo van Hove electrifies Arthur Miller". Newsday. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ^ Pollard, Alexandra (October 15, 2021). "The Tragedy of Macbeth review: Saoirse Ronan breathes new life into timeless words". The Independent. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Rodriguez, Cain (September 5, 2013). "Watch: Bat For Lashes Natasha Khan Directs Saoirse Ronan For 'How I Live Now" Soundtrack Song". IndieWire. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Saoirse Ronan backs Hozier charity single in domestic violence campaign". The Independent. February 11, 2016. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ Acevedo, Yoselin (May 4, 2017). "Saoirse Ronan Stars in Ed Sheeran's Self-Shot, First-Person 'Galway Girl' Video". IndieWire. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Monroe, Jazz (June 5, 2025). "Talking Heads Share New "Psycho Killer" Video Starring Saoirse Ronan". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
- ^ "Tell Me (feat. Saoirse Ronan)". Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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