Saoirse Ronan Biography

QUICK FACTS
Activity Actress
Real name Saoirse Una Ronan
Nationality Ireland
Birth April 12, 1994 (New York – United States)

BIOGRAPHY
Saoirse Ronan is an American and Irish actress, born on April 12, 1994, in New York, United States. Daughter of Monica and Paul Ronan, both amateur actors, immigrants from Ireland, Saoirse is the only child of the couple, who returned to her native Dublin when the girl was only three years old. She grew up in County Carlow, where she would study at Ardattin National School, for a time, before being home-schooled by a private tutor and teacher. Interested in acting, Ronan began working as an actress, before turning 10, in the Irish series The Clinic (2003), and then participated in the series Proof (2005). It would not take her long to capture the attention of the public and critics, after her participation in the acclaimed film Atonement, Desire and Sin (2007), alongside Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. , as best supporting actress. The film would make her one of the most sought-after actresses today. This film was followed by participation in films such as City of Ember (2008), From My Heaven (2009), Hanna (2011), Violet & Daisy (2011) , Byzantium (2012), The Guest (2013) and The Grand Hotel Budapest (2014). In 2015 she was nominated for an Oscar again, this time in the Best Actress category for her participation in Brooklyn. Two years later he began a partnership with Greta Gerwig, North American screenwriter, actress and filmmaker, from which films such as Lady Bird emerged (for which Greta received her first Oscar nomination for directing, while Saoirse once again snuck into the category of Best actress) and Little Women , a remake of Louisa May Alcott’s classic. For this latest production, Saoirse is nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, remaining a favorite to win the category throughout the 2020 awards season.