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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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ConnectionGreta GerwigDirector of Lady Bird and Little Women.

ConnectionJoe WrightDirector of Atonement and Hanna.

ConnectionSteve McQueenWriter and director of Blitz.

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Classroom research and a directing debut
Ronan tells BFI how classroom visits and conversations with teachers helped shape Bad Apples. She also discusses Paper Plane, recently premiered at Venice, as a personal writing and directing project. The interview records her ongoing work on the Beatles films.
16 Sept 2026Lou Thomas direct interview
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Paper Plane enters Venice's programme
The official festival record credits Ronan for both direction and screenplay; its public schedule lists a September screening.
11 Sept 2026Screening event date; credits cross-checked with film entry
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The Beatles film project continues shooting
Sony's update announces additional casting and says production continues in the UK. Ronan's Linda McCartney role appears in the earlier official casting announcement.
12 Feb 2026Official production update and separate casting record
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Food, home and filmmaking at Ruthie's table
Ronan joins Ruth Rogers and Greta Gerwig for a conversation about cooking, childhood meals and the connection between personal experience and performance.
16 Dec 2024Original podcast episode and transcript
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Blitz arrives on Apple TV
Ronan plays Rita, a mother searching for her missing son in Steve McQueen's wartime drama.
22 Nov 2024Official streaming release date
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A Vogue conversation around Blitz
The cover profile discusses her collaboration with Steve McQueen alongside marriage and home life.
16 Oct 2024Named interviewer and dated cover profile
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A concise beauty routine
She describes cleansing, vitamin C serum and moisturiser in British Vogue's beauty interview.
18 Sept 2018First-person routine; exact variants unspecified
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Classroom research and a directing debut

Paper Plane enters Venice's programme

The Beatles film project continues shooting

Food, home and filmmaking at Ruthie's table

Blitz arrives on Apple TV

A Vogue conversation around Blitz

A concise beauty routine