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Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan

Acting
Born: Apr 12, 1994
From: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Saoirse Una Ronan (/ˈsɜːrʃə ˈuːnə ˈroʊnən/ SUR-shə OO-nə ROH-nən; born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and nominations for four Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards. Ronan made her acting debut in 2003 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 Actress. Her career progressed with starring roles in The Lovely Bones (2009) and Hanna (2011) and a supporting role in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Ronan received critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing an Irish immigrant in New York in Brooklyn (2015), the eponymous high school senior in Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird (2017)—which won her a Golden Globe—and Jo March in Gerwig's Little Women (2019). Ronan has since produced and starred in the drama The Outrun (2024). On stage, Ronan portrayed Abigail Williams in the 2016 Broadway revival of The Crucible and Lady Macbeth in the 2021 West End revival …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Bad Apples Maria 2026
The Outrun Rona 2024 6.819
Blitz Rita 2024 5.986
The Tragedy of Macbeth Lady Macbeth 2021 8.0
Little Women Jo March 2019 7.854
The Seagull Nina Zarechnaya 2018 5.4
On Chesil Beach Florence Ponting 2018 6.136
Mary Queen of Scots Mary Stuart 2018 6.557
Loving Vincent Marguerite Gachet 2017 7.987
Lady Bird Lady Bird McPherson 2017 7.251
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said Self 2016
Lost River Rat 2015 5.699
Brooklyn Eilis Lacey 2015 7.3
Stockholm, Pennsylvania Leia Dargon 2015 5.3
Weepah Way For Now Emily (Voice) 2015 4.7
The Grand Budapest Hotel Agatha 2014 8.029
Muppets Most Wanted Ballet Dancer 2014 6.315
The Host Melanie Stryder / Wanda 2013 6.283
Byzantium Eleanor Webb 2013 6.288
Justin and the Knights of Valour Talia (voice) 2013 5.903
How I Live Now Daisy Ryback 2013 6.626
Hanna Hanna 2011 6.587
Violet & Daisy Daisy 2011 6.064
The Way Back Irena Zielińska 2010 6.998
The Lovely Bones Susie Salmon 2009 7.059
City of Ember Lina Mayfleet 2008 6.3
Atonement Briony Tallis (Age 13) 2007 7.635
Death Defying Acts Benji McGarvie 2007 6.0
I Could Never Be Your Woman Izzie 2007 5.9
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Celia Hardwick 2007 5.797
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1994
FromThe Bronx, New …