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Saoirse Una RonanΒ (/ΛsΙΛrΚΙΒ ΛuΛnΙΒ ΛroΚnΙn/Β SUR-shΙΒ OO-nΙΒ ROH-nΙn;Β born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known forΒ her workΒ inΒ period dramasΒ since adolescence, she has receivedΒ various accolades, including aΒ Golden Globe Award and nominations for fourΒ Academy AwardsΒ and sevenΒ British Academy Film Awards.
Ronan made her acting debut in 2003 on the Irish medical drama seriesΒ The ClinicΒ and had her breakthrough role as a precocious teenager in the period drama filmΒ AtonementΒ (2007), which earned her a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her career progressed with starring roles inΒ The Lovely BonesΒ (2009) andΒ HannaΒ (2011) and a supporting role inΒ The Grand Budapest HotelΒ (2014). Ronan received critical acclaim and nominations for theΒ Academy Award for Best ActressΒ for playing an Irish immigrant in New York inΒ BrooklynΒ (2015), the eponymous high school senior inΒ Greta Gerwig'sΒ Lady BirdΒ (2017)βwhich won her aΒ Golden GlobeβandΒ Jo MarchΒ in Gerwig'sΒ Little WomenΒ (2019). Ronan has since produced and starred in the dramaΒ The OutrunΒ (2024).
On stage, Ronan portrayedΒ Abigail WilliamsΒ in the 2016Β BroadwayΒ revival ofΒ The CrucibleΒ andΒ Lady MacbethΒ in the 2021Β West EndΒ revival ofΒ The Tragedy of Macbeth. In 2016, she was featured byΒ ForbesΒ in two of theirΒ 30 Under 30Β lists, and in 2020,Β The New York TimesΒ ranked her tenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
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