Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Una Ronan ˈsɜːrʃə ˈuːnə ˈroʊnən SURshə OOnə ROHnən born 12 April 1994 is an Americanborn 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 Gerwigs Lady Bird 2017which won her a Golden Globeand Jo March in Gerwigs 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 of The Tragedy of Macbeth In 2016 she 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Saoirse Ronan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia