American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan began her career as a child with the Irish medical drama series The Clinic in 2003. She made her film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in the romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman, and had her breakout role in the same year with Joe Wright's period drama Atonement. Her performance as a precocious teenager in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Two years later, she starred as a murdered girl seeking closure in Peter Jackson's drama The Lovely Bones, and in 2011, she reunited with Wright by playing the title role of an assassin in the action film Hanna.
Following a starring role in the poorly received science fiction film The Host (2013), Ronan featured in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Her performance as a homesick Irishwoman in 1950s New York City in Brooklyn (2015) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she had a voice role in the animated film Loving Vincent and played the titular teenager in Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age film Lady Bird. The latter won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical in addition to another Academy Award nomination. Ronan made her Broadway debut by playing Abigail Williams in a 2016 revival of The Crucible. Alongside more period film roles, including in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Ronan reteamed with Gerwig in Little Women (2019), which earned her another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Ronan has since made her West End theatre debut as Lady Macbeth in a revival of The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2021 and taken on a comic role in See How They Run (2022). She expanded to film production with The Outrun (2024), in which she also starred as a recovering alcoholic.
Film +Key Denotes productions that have not yet been released YearTitleRoleNotes 2007I Could Never Be Your Woman Izzie MensforthThe Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Celia HardwickAtonement Briony Tallis (aged 13)Death Defying Acts Benji McGarvie 2008City of Ember Lina Mayfleet 2009The Lovely Bones Susie Salmon2010Arrietty Arrietty (voice) English dub (U.K. version)The Way Back Irena Zielińska2011Hanna Hanna HellerViolet & Daisy Daisy 2012Byzantium Eleanor Webb2013The Host Melanie Stryder / Wanderer "Wanda"How I Live Now DaisyJustin and the Knights of Valour Talia (voice)2014The Grand Budapest Hotel AgathaMuppets Most Wanted Ballerina CameoLost River Rat2015Stockholm, Pennsylvania Leia DargonWeepah Way for Now Emily (voice)Brooklyn Éilis Lacey2017Loving Vincent Marguerite Gachet (voice)Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPhersonOn Chesil Beach Florence Ponting2018The Seagull Nina ZarechnayaMary Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots 2019Little Women Josephine "Jo" March 2020Ammonite Charlotte Murchison 2021The French Dispatch Junkie / Showgirl #1Cameo 2022See How They Run Constable Stalker 2023 Foe Henrietta / Hen2024 The Outrun Rona Also producer Blitz Rita Hanway 2025 Bad Apples Maria 2028 The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event Linda McCartney Filming TBA The Three Incestuous Sisters TBA Post Production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2003–2004 4 episodes 2005 Proof 4 episodes 2014 Robot Chicken Various Voice; 2 episodes 2017 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Saoirse Ronan/U2"
Stage Year Title Role Venue 2016The CrucibleAbigail WilliamsWalter Kerr Theatre, Broadway2021The Tragedy of MacbethLady MacbethAlmeida Theatre, West End
Music video Year Title Performer(s) Album 2013 "Garden's Heart" Bat for Lashes How I Live Now 2016 "Cherry Wine" Hozier Hozier 2017 "Galway Girl" Ed Sheeran ÷ 2025 "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77
Web Year Title Role Notes 2008 Fred Herself Episode: "Fred is a Star in his Own Mind"
Discography Year Title Album 2015"Tell Me"Lost River
See also List of awards and nominations received by Saoirse Ronan
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