---
name: "Saoirse Ronan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/saoirse-ronan"
fi1m_id: "saoirse-ronan"
imdb_id: "nm1519680"
tmdb_id: 36592
wikidata_id: "Q228603"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 April 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 16
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 16
updated: "2026-10-03T02:56:26.909200+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Saoirse Ronan

## Identity

Saoirse Ronan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/saoirse-ronan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** saoirse-ronan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1519680
- **TMDB ID:** 36592
- **Wikidata ID:** Q228603
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36592

Actor. Born 12 April 1994 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 April 1994, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Sersh, Saoirse Una Ronan
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Greta Gerwig](https://film.one/person/greta-gerwig.md), [Jack Lowden](https://film.one/person/jack-lowden.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 16 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (2), 2010s 74 (8), 2020s 67 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 16 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 11 of 14 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 13, Comedy 6, Romance 5, History 4, Crime 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 30 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,119m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36592

## Coming up

- *The Beatles: Paul* (2028-04-05), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *The Beatles: John* (2028-04-05), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *The Beatles: George* (2028-04-05), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *The Beatles: Ringo* (2028-04-05), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lady Bird*](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md) (86), [*Blitz*](https://film.one/film/blitz.md) (63), [*The Lovely Bones*](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md) (46)
- **Netflix:** [*The Outrun*](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md) (72), [*On Chesil Beach*](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md) (65), [*Loving Vincent*](https://film.one/film/loving-vincent.md) (65)
- **Hulu:** [*Little Women*](https://film.one/film/little-women.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*See How They Run*](https://film.one/film/see-how-they-run.md) (70)
- **Tubi:** [*Ammonite*](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Saoirse Ronan

> Saoirse Ronan makes a character’s thinking clear in the way she speaks and carries herself. We rate her for that precision, though the films built around her do not always trust us to notice it.

In *Atonement* (2007), Saoirse Ronan’s thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sounds certain that she understands the adults around her. Ronan gives that certainty enough force to make the prospect of correcting her seem remote, refusing the easy excuse that she is only a child. We were frightened by the calm with which she made a mistaken reading of adult behaviour sound settled. Joe Wright’s film gives her something uncomfortable to do, and she does it without asking us to find Briony endearing.

*Brooklyn* (2015) marked the move into adult leading roles after early parts that sometimes confined her to being quirky or precocious. Greta Gerwig’s *Lady Bird* (2017) made fuller use of her comic timing and spontaneity, with *Little Women* (2019) continuing their collaboration. We would welcome more of that looseness. Her technical control is useful, but it should not become a reason to cast her only as the serious young woman in period clothes.

In Nora Fingscheidt’s *The Outrun* (2024), the change is visible in Rona’s body: loose and loud when drinking, shoulders raised and hands pocketed when sober, walking as though the ground might shift. Ronan carries a film built almost entirely around her, and also takes a producing credit alongside Jack Lowden and Dominic Norris. The performance holds our attention because she makes the effort of staying well visible without turning every movement into a demonstration. The voiceover then explains what we can already see, and the last half hour repeats itself. She is better than the film, which is good enough to make that a recommendation.

*Blitz* (2024) is the more frustrating case, though Steve McQueen finds a welcome plainness in her Rita, a mother who sings well and would rather be at home. Her factory-floor scenes with Mica Ricketts have a warmth the film could use more often. Peter Sciberras’s editing keeps switching between mother and son, leaving Rita’s search to restart in corridors where she asks questions. Ronan cannot supply momentum that those scenes have not been given. Start with *Atonement*; try *The Outrun* for what she can sustain when almost nobody else is there to help.

## Biography

Saoirse Una Ronan is an Irish actress born on 12 April 1994 in the Bronx, New York City. She holds Irish and US citizenship and identifies as Irish. She made her acting debut in 2003 in the Irish series The Clinic and had her breakthrough as the young Briony Tallis in Atonement (2007).

Ronan is known for roles including Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones (2009), Hanna in Hanna (2011), Eilis Lacey in Brooklyn (2015), the title character in Lady Bird (2017), Jo March in Little Women (2019), and a supporting part in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). She has received four Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award.

She portrayed Abigail Williams in the 2016 Broadway revival of The Crucible and Lady Macbeth in the 2021 West End revival of Macbeth. In 2024 she starred as Rita in Blitz and as Rona, whom she also produced, in The Outrun.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (16)

- *Bad Apples* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Maria — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *Blitz* (2024), Fi1m 63, as Rita — [page](https://film.one/film/blitz.md)
- *The Outrun* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Rona — [page](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md)
- *See How They Run* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Constable Stalker — [page](https://film.one/film/see-how-they-run.md)
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Junkie / Showgirl #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *Ammonite* (2020), Fi1m 64, as Charlotte Murchison — [page](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md)
- *Little Women* (2019), Fi1m 83, as Jo March — [page](https://film.one/film/little-women.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, as Mary Stuart — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Fi1m 65, as Florence Ponting — [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Lady Bird* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Lady Bird McPherson — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *Loving Vincent* (2017), Fi1m 65, as Marguerite Gachet — [page](https://film.one/film/loving-vincent.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Fi1m 83, as Eilis Lacey — [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), Fi1m 66, as Ballet Dancer — [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Fi1m 86, as Agatha — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *The Lovely Bones* (2009), Fi1m 46, as Susie Salmon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, as Briony Tallis (Age 13) — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Beatles: Paul* (2028), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *The Beatles: John* (2028), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *The Beatles: George* (2028), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *The Beatles: Ringo* (2028), as Linda (Eastman) McCartney
- *Bad Apples* (2026), as Maria — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *Paper Plane* (2026), Director, Writer
- *Blitz* (2024), as Rita — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blitz.md)
- *The Outrun* (2024), as Rona · Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md)
- *Foe* (2023), as Hen
- *See How They Run* (2022), as Constable Stalker — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/see-how-they-run.md)
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), as Lady Macbeth
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), as Junkie / Showgirl #1 — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *Ammonite* (2020), as Charlotte Murchison — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ammonite.md)
- *Little Women* (2019), as Jo March — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/little-women.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), as Mary Stuart — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The Seagull* (2018), as Nina Zarechnaya
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), as Florence Ponting — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Great Performers: Horror Show* (2017), as The Mannequin
- *Lady Bird* (2017), as Lady Bird McPherson — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *Loving Vincent* (2017), as Marguerite Gachet — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/loving-vincent.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), as Eilis Lacey — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Weepah Way For Now* (2015), as Emily (Voice)
- *Lost River* (2015), as Rat
- *Stockholm, Pennsylvania* (2015), as Leia Dargon
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), as Ballet Dancer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), as Agatha — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *How I Live Now* (2013), as Daisy Ryback
- *Justin and the Knights of Valour* (2013), as Talia (voice)
- *Violet & Daisy* (2013), as Daisy
- *Byzantium* (2013), as Eleanor Webb
- *The Host* (2013), as Melanie Stryder / Wanda
- *Hanna* (2011), as Hanna
- *The Way Back* (2010), as Irena Zielińska
- *The Lovely Bones* (2009), as Susie Salmon — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md)
- *City of Ember* (2008), as Lina Mayfleet
- *The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey* (2007), as Celia Hardwick
- *Death Defying Acts* (2007), as Benji McGarvie
- *I Could Never Be Your Woman* (2007), as Izzie
- *Atonement* (2007), as Briony Tallis (Age 13) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Proof* (2004), series, as Orla Boland
- *The Clinic* (2003), series, as Rhiannon Geraghty
- *Three Incestuous Sisters*, as Bettine

## Gallery

- ![Saoirse Ronan as Rita in Blitz (2024)](https://film.one/media/title/1058/still-b0a423b0b723.jpg) Saoirse Ronan as Rita in *Blitz* (2024) — Image via TMDB
- ![Saoirse Ronan presenting the movie The Outrun at the Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-603884f9ec5e.jpg) Saoirse Ronan presenting the movie The Outrun at the Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/MKr349726_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-MKr349726_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Saoirse Ronan presenting the movie The Outrun at the Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-4240529a369f.jpg) Saoirse Ronan presenting the movie The Outrun at the Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/MKr349726_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr349726_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nora Fingscheidt, Saoirse Ronan and Amy Liptrot presenting the movie The Outrun at the Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-cf300eb2acb7.jpg) Nora Fingscheidt, Saoirse Ronan and Amy Liptrot presenting the movie The Outrun at the Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MKr349631_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr349631_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-fc162c45b7d0.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/MKr349648_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr349648_Saoirse_Ronan_%28The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-9187ae805486.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Image via TMDB
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-ae54d4e0a76d.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Image via TMDB
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-b2a21a1fa8f8.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Image via TMDB
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-a67ae676c53b.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Image via TMDB
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-132db1fbb03a.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Image via TMDB
- ![Saoirse Ronan](https://film.one/media/person/10600/gallery-a7cce25031e3.jpg) Saoirse Ronan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- 2020: Best Actress (nominated), for *Little Women*
- 2018: Best Actress (nominated), for *Lady Bird*
- 2016: Best Actress (nominated), for *Brooklyn*
- 2008: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Atonement*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2008: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated)

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2018: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won), for *Lady Bird*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture 2016: Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture (won), for *Brooklyn*
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer 2010: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (won), for *The Lovely Bones*
- Saturn Awards 2010: Best Performance by a Younger Actor (won), for *The Lovely Bones*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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