We have written for you the young actress Saoirse Ronan, who has managed to make her name known by climbing the steps of her career step by step and solidly since she was 9 years old, and what she wonders about her life.
Her full name is Saoirse Una Ronan, she was born on April 12, 1994 in New York City, Bronx. Raised as a Catholic, Ronan's mother is Irish Monica Brennan and father is Irish Paul Ronan. Her father worked in construction and bars before she studied acting, while her mother worked as a nanny and was into acting as a child. Her parents were originally undocumented immigrants who left Ireland in the 1980s during their time in New York. When Ronan was three years old, she moved back to Dublin with her family and grew up in Ardattin, County Carlow. Here, Ronan attended Ardattin National School and was later tutored at home by her family.
Ronan made her screen debut in 2003 with the prime time medical drama series "The Clinic" on Irish national broadcaster RTÉ. At the same time, she appeared in the TV mini-series "Proof". Meanwhile, Ronan auditioned for the role of Luna Lovegood in the fantasy film series "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007) and lost the role. She made her film debut with Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd in the 2005 romantic comedy film "I Could Never Be Your Woman" written and directed by Amy Heckerling. Released in theaters in several international markets in 2007, the film was released directly to video in the United States the following year. Joe Leydon of the Variety media company called the film "hopelessly unfunny", with generally moderate reviews.
When Ronan was 12, she auditioned for the character Briony Tallis in the romantic war drama movie "Atonement" (2007), directed by Joe Wright and adapted from the novel 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan, and won the role. She co-starred with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in the film, and the film was a commercial success with its production budget. It also received rave reviews from critics. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, making her the seventh youngest nominee in this category.
Later that year, Ronan starred in the supernatural thriller romance "Death Defying Acts" (2007), opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce. Later, she played the character of Lina Mayfleet, a heroic teenager who must save the inhabitants of an underground city in the science-fantasy adventure movie "City of Ember", directed by Gill Kenan and based on a novel. Critics especially noted how Ronan's talents were wasted with this movie. Additionally, both films failed at the box office while receiving mixed reviews.
In 2009, Ronan co-starred with Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci in Peter Jackson's supernatural thriller drama film "The Lovely Bones," based on the book of the same name by Alice Sebold. In the film, Ronan plays the character of 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who, after being raped and killed, watches from the afterlife as her family struggles to get on with their lives as they face their quest for revenge. Initially, Ronan and her family were hesitant about their daughter accepting the role because of the plot of the movie. But they accepted the role after the director assured Jackson that there would be no unnecessary rape and murder scenes in the movie. While critics were critical of the film's story and message, they said about Ronan's role that she successfully invested "with tremendous seriousness and grace" into the gruesome story. Later, he evaluated her performance as the third best performance of the year. The film was a box office disappointment, earning Ronan a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination.
The following year, she co-starred with Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, and Ed Harris in the war drama film "The Way Back" (2010), directed by Peter Weir. The film was met with generally positive reviews as it was shot in Bulgaria, India and Morocco. She later starred opposite Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett in the action thriller "Hanna"(2011), directed by Joe Wright, about a 15-year-old girl raised as an assassin in the Arctic wilderness. Ronan took several months of martial arts, stickfighting, and knifefighting training in preparation. Her performance and the action sequences of the film were praised by critics and had moderate commercial success. That same year, she voiced the lead role in the English-dubbed version of Studio Ghibli's animated fantasy anime movie "Arrietty". At the age of 16, Ronan was invited to the organization of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2011, Ronan co-starred with Alexis Bledel in the lead role of assassins in the crime comedy-drama film "Violet & Daisy" (2011) written and directed by Geoffrey S.Fletcher. The film was generally evaluated with negative reviews. She later appeared alongside Gemma Arterton and Sam Riley in the vampire horror movie "Byzantium" (2012), directed by Neil Jordan, as it provided the opportunity to play a more complex and mature character. While the film received generally positive reviews, both Arterton and Ronan were considered to have "sparkling" performances in the film.
The following year, she played the dual roles of Melanie Stryder, a rebellious person, and Wanderer, a parasitic alien, in the romantic science-fiction thriller "The Host" (2013), a film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel "The Host." The film, which was disliked by critics and underperformed at the box office, received mostly negative reviews. However, Ronan's performance received positive reviews and earned a Teen Choice Award nomination for Best Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
In the same year, she starred in the drama "How I Live Now", based on the novel of the same name directed by Kevin Macdonald, with George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Anna Chancellor and Corey Johnson. The film, which premiered in the special presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, was to mixed reviews and low at the box office. Her performance earned her nominations for multiple awards in various fields, including a nomination for a BIFA Award and a Saturn Award for Best Actress. Additionally, MacKay and Ronan were nominated for Best Young Actor at the London Film Critics Circle. In the last movie of the year, she voiced a girl named Talia in the animated fantasy movie "Justin and the Knights of Valour" directed by the critically critic Manuel Sicilia. The film performed poorly, both critically and at the box office, while the voiceover stage was praised.
In 2014, Ronan appeared with Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori in the comedy-drama film "The Grand Budapest Hotel" directed by director Wes Anderson. The film was the first project in which he was on the set without her mother and father. The film was a huge success with its production budget and was considered by the BBC as one of the greatest films of the century. Also around that time, Ryan Gosling's directorial debut fantasy thriller "Lost River" starred a mysterious teenage girl named Rat, who has a pet mouse. The film received generally mixed reviews.
In 2015, she starred in "Stockholm, Pennsylvania" (2015), a psychological thriller drama about Stockholm syndrome written and directed by Nikole Beckwith. She then played the lead role of Eilis Lacey, a homesick Irish young woman set in 1950s New York City, in the romantic period drama movie "Brooklyn," based on the novel of the same name and directed by John Crowley. While the film and Ronan's performance were critically acclaimed, it was also successful at the box office. Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
The following year she made her Broadway debut as Abigail Williams, a manipulative maid accused of witchcraft and responsible for the deaths of 150 people, in a remake of Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" directed by Ivo van Hove. To begin rehearsals for the role, Ronan moved to New York.
Ronan later voiced Marguerite Gachet in the biographical animated drama film "Loving Vincent" (2017). She then starred with Billy Howle as troubled newlyweds on their honeymoon in the drama film "On Chesil Beach", a film adaptation of Ian McEwan's short novel of the same name. While the film received generally positive reviews, it was felt that Ronan was underused and her performance overshadowed Howle's. That same year, she was cast as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson, a high school senior, in the come-of-age comedy-drama film "Lady Bird" directed by Greta Gerwig. The film was listed among the "most reviewed films of all time" on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and SAG Award nominations for Best Actress.
The following year, she starred in the historical drama "The Seagull", based on Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull, in which she played Nina, an aspiring actress. The film was met with mixed or average reviews and Ronan's performance was praised. Later, she played the role of Mary Stuart in the drama of the period, "Mary Queen of Scots" with Margot Robbie. Ronan and Robbie's performances were praised, and the film was generally appreciated, earning several award nominations.
Ronan began work on playing the lead role of aspiring writer Jo March in the period drama "Little Women", based on the novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott and written and directed by Greta Gerwig. The film featured as part of a large cast including Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet and Meryl Streep. The film was critically acclaimed upon its release in 2019, earning once again Oscar Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress for her performance as Ronan. Thus, Ronan became the second youngest person under 25 to earn four Oscar nominations.
In 2020, Ronan played the role of geologist Charlotte Murchison alongside Kate Winslet in Francis Lee's romantic drama film "Ammonite," about the romantic relationship between two women in the 1840s. In 2021 she made her West End theater debut, playing the role of Lady Macbeth in the remake of "The Tragedy of Macbeth" with James McArdle at London's Almeida Theatre. Ronan said that for the first time in her career, she was afraid of the experience of playing Shakespeare and that I was working hard. Ronan then appeared in the comedy mystery film "See How They Run" (2022), with Sam Rockwell as the cops who solve a murder in 1950s London.
Ronan was rumored to next star in "Foe," a film adaptation of Iain Reid's science fiction novel directed by Garth Davis. She will also star in "The Outrun," adapted from Amy Liptrot's memoir of the same name and directed by Nora Fingscheidt. It has also been reported that she will star in "Blitz," a World War II historical drama film written and directed by Steve McQueen, which will air on Apple TV+.
Personal life
Ronan holds dual citizenship, Irish and American. Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with her co-star, Scottish actor Jack Lowden.
Saying that he does not use social media because he finds it "too stressful", Ronan takes part in and supports many campaigns, support and aid funds, associations, actions and similar things. Additionally, she is an ambassador for the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, she. Actress Ronan, loved by many magazines with adjectives such as "live, warm, humble", was described by The New York Times critic A.O.Scott as "one of the greatest actors in today's movies" in 2017. In 2020, the same newspaper ranked her tenth on the list of "The greatest actors of the 21st century". Also that year, she was listed at number six on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's "best film actors of all time".
In 2016, Ronan was named to Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30" list and Time magazine's "Next Generation Leaders" list. In 2018, she was listed on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list. In addition, she was named one of the "Best American actors under 30" by IndieWire. She was named one of the "best dressed women" in 2018 by the Net-a-Porter fashion site, while also that year, the Calvin Klein brand chose Ronan and Lupita Nyong'o as the face of its first perfume, Raf Simons' "Women."