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    Saoirse Ronan

    Academy Member

    Saoirse made her first TV appearance with a small role in a few episodes of the TV series,The Clinic (2003). Her first film appearance was in the 2007 movie, I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007). Saoirse received international fame after appearing in the movie,Atonement (2007), which was directed by Joe Wright. The movie co-starred Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. The film was successful, both critically and commercially, and Saoirse earned an Oscar nomination for her role. She became one of the youngest people to be nominated for an Oscar.

    After this, she continued to earn success and fame. Between 2008 to 2011, she starred in a number of successful movies, including City of Ember (2008), which earned her a nomination for Irish Film & Television Award, The Lovely Bones (2009), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award, and The Way Back (2010), for which she won Irish Film & Television Award for Actress in a Supporting Role.

    Saoirse has become one of the most sought after young actresses in Hollywood, working with some of the world's leading directors including a second collaboration with Joe Wright (Hanna), Peter Weir (The Way Back), Peter Jackson (The Lovely Bones), Neil Jordan (Byzantium) and Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel).

    In 2015, Saoirse starred as an abductee who returns to her family after years in captivity in Stockholm, Pennsylvania as well as portraying a young immigrant torn between two countries and two loves in John Crowley’s Brooklyn. Her performance in Brooklyn was universally praised and she received Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG nominations, as well as her second Oscar nomination.

    She has received 2 further Oscar nominations for her collaborations with filmmaker Greta Gerwig, 2017's Lady Bird and 2019's Little Women. In 2025, she won 2 IFTA Awards for her roles in The Outrun and Blitz.

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    "The IFTA's feel like they've been going on for a lot longer than ten years and it's been such a big part of the industry for such a long time"
    Saoirse Ronan
    "I've received this before and it never feels any less special because it comes from people in my own country that I love very much"
    Saoirse Ronan
    (on receiving her IFTA Win)

    Awards & Recognition

    The Outrun
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film (2025)
    • BAFTA Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2025)
    Blitz
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Film (2025)
    Little Women
    • IFTA Nominee, Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film (2019)
    • Oscar Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2019)
    Lady Bird
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film (2018)
    • Oscar Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2018)
    • BAFTA Nominee, Best Leading Actress (2018)
    Brooklyn
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film (2016)
    • Oscar Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2016)
    • BAFTA Nominee, Best Leading Actress (2016)
    Byzantium
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress (2014)
    How I Live Now
    • British Independent Film Award Nominee, Best Actress (2013)
    Hanna
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress (2011)
    The Lovely Bones
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actress (2010)
    • BAFTA Nominee, Best Actress (2010)
    Atonement
    • IFTA Winner, Best Supporting Actress (2008)
    • Oscar Nominee, Best Supporting Actress (2008)
    • Golden Globe Nominee, Best Supporting Actress (2008)
    • BAFTA Nominee, Best Supporting Actress (2008) 
    IFTA Rising Star Award
    • Winner (2008)

    Key Credits

    • The Outrun (2024) Rona
    • Ammonite (2020) Charlotte Murchison
    • Little Women (2019) Josephine "Jo" March
    • Mary Queen of Scots (2018) Mary, Queen of Scots
    • Lady Bird (2017) Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
    • Brooklyn (2015) Ellis Lacey
    • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Agatha
    • Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013) Talia (voice)
    • How I Live Now (2013) Daisy
    • The Host (2013) Melanie Stryder / Wanda
    • Byzantium (2012) Eleanor
    • Violet & Daisy (2011) Daisy
    • Hanna (2011) Hanna
    • The Way Back (2010) Irene
    • The Lovely Bones (2009) Susie Salmon
    • Atonement (2007) Briony Tallis, aged 13
    • I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) Izzie
    • The Clinic (2003-2004) Rhiannon Geraghty

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