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Multi-award winning Saoirse Oona Ronan (born April 12, 1994) is a famous and bold Irish-American actress.
She gained fame for her role as a precocious teenager in the 2007 film Atonement, a role for which she received a record-breaking number of Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
The record makes her the first 13-year-old to be nominated in the category.
You may have also seen her in the 2017 film Lady Bird, which earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
Irish-American actress
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| Name: | Saoirse Oona Ronan |
| stage name: | Saoirse Ronan |
| Date of Birth: | April 12, 1994 (30 years old) |
| place of birth: | Bronx, New York, USA |
| Country of Citizenship: | Irish, English |
| parents: | Paul Ronan, Monica Ronan |
| Children: | not applicable |
| high: | 1.68m |
| Brothers and sisters: | not applicable |
| Boyfriend • Husband: | Hozier (front), Max Irons (rum), George MacKay (rum) |
| Profession: | Actress • Television personality |
| net worth: | $3 million |
early life
Saoirse Oona Ronan was born on April 12, 1994 in the Bronx, New York City, USA.
She was raised in a Catholic family and holds dual American and Irish citizenship.
Her parents are Irish, Paul Ronan and Monica Ronan (née Brennan), both from Dublin.
Her father, Paul Ronan, was a builder and barman before training as an actor in New York.
Her mother, on the other hand, worked as a nanny, though she acted in a few films as a child.
Saoirse Ronan’s parents immigrated to the United States from Ireland in the 1980s due to the Irish economic recession and subsequent famine.
However, life in New York wasn’t as great as they had imagined, so they moved back to Dublin.
Saoirse Ronan was three years old at the time and grew up for a short time in Ardadin, County Carlow, before her family moved to Dublin in her teens, living in the seaside village of Howth.
educate
Saoirse Ronan briefly attended a local school in County Carlow, Ardadine National School.
She was later educated at home before attending a local high school in Dublin, where she obtained a high school diploma.
Profession
Saoirse Ronan began her acting career in 2003 when she starred in an Irish medical drama called The Clinic. She then had a role in the mini-series Evidence.
However, she made her Hollywood debut in the romantic comedy I Never Could Be a Woman, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd. The film was not released in the United States but was approved for direct-to-video release in 2008.
Saoirse Ronan’s most notable role was in the film Atonement, based on Ian McEwan’s novel of the same name, where she played a teenage girl named Briony Tallis.
The film thrust her into the limelight and earned her various awards and huge recognition.
She also co-starred with Catherine Jones in the film Death Defying in 2007 and again in Shimmering City, which was released in 2008.
In 2009, she starred in another hit movie, The Lovely Bones, playing the role of Susie Salmon. Her role received positive reviews from the audience. However, the movie was a box office flop.
In addition, Saoirse Ronan also starred in a war drama called “The Way Back” in 2010, in which she played a poor orphan named Irena.
In 2011, she played a 15-year-old killer in the action film Hanna. Her action scenes in the film received praise from critics.
She then starred in another film, this time as a vampire in the 2012 film Byzantium alongside Gemma Arterton, and in 2013, she starred in The Host, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. However, the film turned out to be a major disappointment, but Saoirse’s role was well received.
She then played a supporting role in the 2014 comedy film The Grand Budapest Hotel, which was a huge success and was named one of the greatest films of the century by the BBC.
Saoirse Ronan’s next big role was in the 2015 film Brooklyn. The film was adapted from Colm Tóibín’s novel of the same name. She played the lead role of Alice Lacey.
Furthermore, she made her Broadway debut in 2016, playing the role of Abigail Williams in the play The Crucible.
In 2017, she voiced the character of Marguerite Gachet in the animated series Loving Vincent.
She next played Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson in Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, which received positive reviews upon its release, becoming the highest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition, in May 2018, Saoirse Ronan starred in the film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull, starring Annette Bening. She also played Mary Stuart in the play Mary Queen of Scots.
Saoirse Ronan also appeared in British star Ed Sheeran’s video “Galway Girl” in 2017.
Next, she played geologist Charlotte Murchison alongside Kate Winslet and Mary Anning in 2020. Finally, she will play Constable Stalker in the 2021 film See How They Run.
Awards and nominations
Saoirse Ronan has won many honors for her film performances over the years, most notably her nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her one of the youngest actors nominated in Oscar history.
She was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Atonement, and received another BAFTA nomination for her work in The Lovely Bones.
In 2016, Saoirse was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her outstanding performance in Brooklyn. In 2017, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
Saoirse Ronan also won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in Lady Bird.
Social Media
Saoirse Ronan joined Twitter in 2009 because she was a big fan of British comedian Stephen Fry, whose activity on Twitter was well documented; however, she deleted her Twitter account a few months later.
Since then, the American actress has refused to participate in social media activities because, according to her, it affects mental health.
Instagram: No
Twitter: No
Facebook: No
Personal life
Saoirse Ronan is very beautiful. She is 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 meters) tall and weighs about 55 kg (121 pounds).
The American actress has a sexy banana body with measurements of 33-23.5-35 inches (bust 32, waist 23.5 inches, hips 35 inches). Her hair is blonde and her eyes are blue.
Saoirse Ronan is single and has not been in a relationship, but sources have revealed that she dated Irish singer Hozier in the past. She also starred in his music video “Cherry Wine”.
Saoirse Ronan was also linked to Max Irons and George MacKay in the past, but neither relationship came to fruition.
Saoirse Ronan is an ambassador for the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
net worth
Saoirse Ronan has had a successful career as an actress.
She has starred in several blockbuster movies, which brought her a net worth of about $3 million.
Filmography
Saoirse Ronan made her acting debut in the medical drama The Clinic. She is a talented actress with a rare ability to play any role.
Not surprisingly, she has received strong support and positive praise from critics. The following highlights Saoirse Ronan’s filmography.
movie
- 2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman as Izzie Mensforth
- Jonathan Toomey’s Christmas Miracle as Celia Hardwick
- Atonement as Briony Tallis (13 years old)
- Death Defying as Benji McGarvie
- 2008 Shimmering City as Lina Mayfleet
- 2009 The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon
- 2010 The Borrower Arrietty as the voice of Arrietty
- The Way Back as Irena Zielińska
- 2011 Hannah as Hannah
- Violet and Daisy as Daisy
- 2012 Byzantium as Eleanor Webb
- 2013 “The Host” played Melanie Stryder / Wanderer “Wanda”.
- My Life Now as Daisy
- Justin and the Knight of Valor as Talia’s voice
- 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel as Agatha
- Lost River as Rat
- 2015 Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Leia Dargon
- Give Up for Now as Emily / Narrator’s Voice
- Brooklyn as Éilis Lacey
- 2017 Loving Vincent as Marguerite Gachet
- Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson
- Playing Florence Ponting on Chesil Beach
- 2018 The Seagull as Nina Zarechnaya
- Mary Queen of Scots Mary Queen of Scots
- 2019 Little Women as Josephine “Jo” March
- 2020 Ammonite as Charlotte Murchison
- 2021 “French Express” played the role of First Showgirl (the movie has not yet been released)
- TBA See how they play the police stalker (movie not released yet)
TV Shows
- 2003–04 Clinic as Rhiannon Geraghty (4 episodes)
- 2005 Proof as Orla Boland (4 episodes)
- 2014 Robot Chicken served as the voice actor for Various (2 episodes)
- 2017 Saturday Night Live as host (episode: “Saoirse Ronan/U2”)
- theater
- 2016 Abigail Williams in The Salem Witches (Broadway Walter Kerr Theatre)
- 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lady Macbeth (Almeida Theatre, West End)
Music Videos
- 2013 “Heart of the Garden”.
- Hozier 2016 “Cherry Wine”
- Ed Sheeran, Galway Girl, 2017
