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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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Greta Gerwig

Director of Lady Bird and Little Women.

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Joe Wright

Director of Atonement and Hanna.

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Steve McQueen

Writer and director of Blitz.

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Kate Winslet

Co-star in Ammonite.

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Margot Robbie

Co-star in Mary Queen of Scots.

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Sam Mendes

Director of the Beatles project in which Ronan was announced as Linda McCartney.

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Ruth Rogers

Host of her Ruthie's Table 4 conversation.

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Jeff Chang

Author of her interview-recommended essay collection.

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