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Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Scottish BAFTA, with nominations for four Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards.
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entertainment · American-born Irish actress (born 1994) · film actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · executive producer · also Saoirse Ronan, Ronan
Born 12 April 1994 · Q228603
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 5 entries
It was announced that Ronan will be portraying Linda McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biographical film quadrilogy directed by Sam Mendes, due to be released in April 2028
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The Guardian: Saoirse Ronan to reportedly play Linda McCartney in Beatles biopic
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The Guardian: Bad Apples review – Saoirse Ronan’s dark, school-set satire doesn’t go far enough
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The Guardian: Toronto film festival: Angelina Jolie, Saoirse Ronan and Keanu Reeves lead lineup
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It was announced that Ronan would star in the Talking Heads's classic "Psycho Killer" video for the band's 50th anniversary
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2024· 7 entries
The Guardian: Saoirse Ronan ‘absolutely right’ about women’s safety fears, says Gladiator combat trainer
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The Guardian: Blitz review – Saoirse Ronan stars in Steve McQueen’s sturdy wartime London drama
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The Guardian: ‘Will anything change?’: six women react to Saoirse Ronan’s viral comment
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The Guardian: Rob Beckett on dyslexia and dark thoughts, Marina Hyde on the Saoirse Ronan truth bomb, and Philippa Perry on nuanced honesty – podcast
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The Guardian: ‘I always know where my keys are’: UK poll backs Saoirse Ronan’s words on women’s safety
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The Guardian: Share your reaction to Saoirse Ronan’s comments about women’s safety
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The Guardian: I don’t expect stone-cold truths from a chatshow, but Saoirse Ronan delivered one | Marina Hyde
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2020· 3 entries
Aged 25 years and six months, Ronan became the second-youngest person to accrue four Academy Award nominations, after Jennifer Lawrence
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Ronan portrayed the geologist Charlotte Murchison opposite Kate Winslet's Mary Anning in Francis Lee's Ammonite, a drama about a romantic relationship between the two women in the 1840s
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The newspaper ranked her tenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century
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2018· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Lady Bird (2018).
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Was featured in Maxim's Hot 100 list and was named among the best American actors under 30 by IndieWire
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Purchased a home in the coastal Irish town Greystones, which she sold in 2019
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2017· 1 entry
Ronan hosted an episode of the NBC sketch comedy Saturday Night Live, in which one of her sketches was criticised for its stereotypical portrayal of Irish people, and featured in the music video for Ed Sheeran's song "Ga
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2016· 4 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture for Brooklyn (2016).
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Ronan moved to New York City to begin rehearsals for her debut appearance on Broadway, in a revival of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible
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Was featured by Forbes in two of their 30 Under 30 lists, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked her tenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century
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Ronan was featured by Forbes on two of its 30 Under 30 lists and on Time's Next Generation Leaders list
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2014· 1 entry
With widely diverse critical receptions – the acclaimed comedy film The Grand Budapest Hotel from the director Wes Anderson and Ryan Gosling's panned directorial debut Lost River
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2011· 1 entry
Ronan took part in a promotion for the Irish Film Institute's Archive Preservation Fund, in which she was digitally edited into popular Irish films of the past, as well as documentary footage
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer for The Lovely Bones (2010).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for The Lovely Bones (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Ronan starred alongside Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci in Peter Jackson's supernatural drama The Lovely Bones, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Alice Sebold
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2007· 1 entry
And given a direct-to-video release in the US in 2008, after it struggled to attract financing and several deals disintegrated during its post-production
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2003· 1 entry
On the Irish medical drama series The Clinic and had her breakthrough role as a precocious teenager in the period drama film Atonement (2007), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actre
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1994· 1 entry
Born 1994-04-12.
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