Born 12 April 1994 (1994-04-12) (age 14)
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
Saoirse Ronan (pronounced /ˈsirʃə ˈroʊnən/; born 12 April 1994) is an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, and Golden Globe-nominated, American-born Irish actress. She is the eleventh youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award and the seventh youngest to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Awards won
Irish Film and Television Awards
Best Supporting Actress
2007 Atonement
Rising Star Award
2008
Career
Ronan got her start on multiple episodes of two Irish television series, The Clinic (as Rhiannon Geraghty) and Proof (as Orla Boland, a role that she took over from Emma Bolger, who played Orla in the first season), from 2003-2005. Her first major motion picture appearance to be filmed was in the movie Death Defying Acts, although its release has been delayed until 2008. She appears in starring roles in the films Atonement, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 80th Academy Awards, and The Lovely Bones. She recently signed on at CAA.
Personal life
Ronan was born in New York City, the daughter of Irish parents Monica and Paul Ronan, the latter an actor, and was raised in Ireland. She currently attends school in the FCJ Convent in Bunclody, Ireland and lives in County Carlow. Ronan has a border collie named Sassy; she says she misses her dog the most when away filming.
Excerpt from: www.imdb.com/name/nm1519680/
1. The Way Back (2011) (pre-production)
2. Nottingham (2010) (pre-production) (rumored)
3. The Lovely Bones (2009) (post-production) .... Susie Salmon
4. City of Ember (2008) .... Lina Mayfleet
5. Death Defying Acts (2007) .... Benji McGarvie
... aka Death Defying Acts: Houdini's Secret (USA: DVD box title)
6. Atonement (2007) .... Briony Tallis - Age 13
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