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Saoirse Ronan

Actor, producer, director and screenwriter

Born 1994

Saoirse Ronan is an Irish actor, producer and filmmaker born in the Bronx to Irish parents. Her family returned to Ireland while her father was building an acting career, and she grew up around film sets. Her screen work began with The Clinic and I Could Never Be Your Woman before Atonement brought international recognition. She moves between literary adaptations, coming-of-age stories and genre films, including The Lovely Bones, Hanna, Brooklyn, Lady Bird, Little Women and Ammonite. She won a Golden Globe for Lady Bird and has Academy Award nominations for Atonement, Brooklyn, Lady Bird and Little Women. Her stage work includes Abigail Williams in The Crucible on Broadway and Lady Macbeth at the Almeida. Later films include Foe, The Outrun, which she also produced, Blitz and Bad Apples. Venice's 2026 programme credits her as writer and director of Paper Plane. She discussed the short and Bad Apples with BFI that September, while filming Sam Mendes's Beatles project as Linda McCartney.

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Connected people

ConnectionGreta GerwigDirector of Lady Bird and Little Women.

ConnectionJoe WrightDirector of Atonement and Hanna.

ConnectionSteve McQueenWriter and director of Blitz.

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2025
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress in a Lead Role — Film
The Outrun
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2025
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Film
Blitz
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2018
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress in a Lead Role — Film
Lady Bird
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2018
Golden GlobesCompetitive win
Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Lady Bird
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2016
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress in a Lead Role — Film
Brooklyn
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2014
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress
Byzantium
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2011
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress
Hanna
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2010
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Actress
The Lovely Bones
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2008
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Best Supporting Actress
Atonement
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2008
Irish Film & Television AwardsCompetitive win
Rising Star
Saoirse Ronan
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Best Actress in a Lead Role — Film

Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Film

Best Actress in a Lead Role — Film

Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Best Actress in a Lead Role — Film

Best Actress

Best Actress

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Rising Star