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Saoirse Ronan
About
An Irish actor who started on RTÉ’s The Clinic. Ronan went from playing a young writer in Atonement to leading films such as Brooklyn, Lady Bird and The Outrun, which she also produced. BFI interview
- Born
- The Talks interview
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City The Talks interview
- Grew up
- Ardattin, County Carlow, Ireland British Vogue interview
Key collaborators
Greta GerwigDirected Ronan in Lady Bird and Little Women. PBS NewsHour interview
Joe WrightDirected Ronan in Atonement and Hanna. Focus Features
Timothée ChalametCo-starred in Lady Bird and Little Women. PBS NewsHour interview
Jack LowdenProduced The Outrun with Ronan. British Council film credits
Career eras
2024
Leading and producing
Ronan took her first producing credit on The Outrun and played a mother searching for her son in Steve McQueen’s wartime film Blitz. Los Angeles Times interview
Key work
The Outrun 2024 · Rona and producer
British Council film creditsBlitz 2024 · Rita
Apple TV press
2017–2019
Two films with Greta Gerwig
Gerwig cast Ronan as a teenager impatient to leave home in Lady Bird, then as the aspiring writer Jo March in Little Women. PBS NewsHour interview
Key work
Little Women 2019 · Jo March
Sony PicturesLady Bird 2017 · Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson
A24
2015
A lead role in Brooklyn
John Crowley’s film puts Ronan at the centre of the story as Eilis, a young Irish woman choosing between the life she left and the one she is building in New York. Fresh Air interview
Key work
Brooklyn 2015 · Eilis Lacey
20th Century Studios
2003–2011
From Irish television to film
Ronan started on Irish television. Joe Wright cast her as the young Briony in Atonement, then gave her the lead in the thriller Hanna. BFI interview
Key work
Hanna 2011 · Hanna
Focus FeaturesAtonement 2007 · Young Briony Tallis
Focus FeaturesThe Clinic 2003 · Rhiannon
RTÉ Archives
Filmography
Films & series
