List of Saoirse Ronan performances
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American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan began her career as a child with the Irish medical drama series The Clinic in 2003.[1] She made her film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in the romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman, and had her breakout role in the same year with Joe Wright's period drama Atonement. Her performance as a precocious teenager in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Two years later, she starred as a murdered girl seeking closure in Peter Jackson's drama The Lovely Bones, and in 2011, she reunited with Wright by playing the title role of an assassin in the action film Hanna.
Following a starring role in the poorly received science fiction film The Host (2013), Ronan featured in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Her performance as a homesick Irishwoman in 1950s New York City in Brooklyn (2015) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she had a voice role in the animated film Loving Vincent and played the titular teenager in Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age film Lady Bird. The latter won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical in addition to another Academy Award nomination. Ronan made her Broadway debut by playing Abigail Williams in a 2016 revival of The Crucible. Alongside more period film roles, including in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Ronan reteamed with Gerwig in Little Women (2019), which earned her another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Ronan has since made her West End theatre debut as Lady Macbeth in a revival of The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2021 and taken on a comic role in See How They Run (2022). She expanded to film production with The Outrun (2024), in which she also starred as a recovering alcoholic.
Film
[edit]| † | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Izzie Mensforth | ||
| The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey | Celia Hardwick | |||
| Atonement | Briony Tallis (aged 13) | |||
| Death Defying Acts | Benji McGarvie | |||
| 2008 | City of Ember | Lina Mayfleet | ||
| 2009 | The Lovely Bones | Susie Salmon | ||
| 2010 | Arrietty | Arrietty (voice) | English dub (U.K. version) | |
| The Way Back | Irena Zielińska | |||
| 2011 | Hanna | Hanna | ||
| Violet & Daisy | Daisy | |||
| 2012 | Byzantium | Eleanor Webb | ||
| 2013 | The Host | Melanie Stryder / Wanderer "Wanda" | ||
| How I Live Now | Daisy | |||
| Justin and the Knights of Valour | Talia (voice) | |||
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Agatha | ||
| Muppets Most Wanted | Ballerina | Cameo | ||
| Lost River | Rat | |||
| 2015 | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Leia Dargon | ||
| Weepah Way for Now | Emily (voice) | |||
| Brooklyn | Éilis Lacey | |||
| 2017 | Loving Vincent | Marguerite Gachet (voice) | ||
| Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson | |||
| On Chesil Beach | Florence Ponting | |||
| 2018 | The Seagull | Nina Zarechnaya | ||
| Mary Queen of Scots | Mary, Queen of Scots | |||
| 2019 | Little Women | Josephine "Jo" March | ||
| 2020 | Ammonite | Charlotte Murchison | ||
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Junkie / Showgirl #1 | Cameo | |
| 2022 | See How They Run | Constable Stalker | ||
| 2023 | Foe | Henrietta | ||
| 2024 | The Outrun | Rona | Also producer | |
| Blitz | Rita | |||
| TBA | Bad Apples † | Maria | Post-production |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | The Clinic | Rhiannon Geraghty | 4 episodes | |
| 2005 | Proof | Orla Boland | 4 episodes | |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken | Various | Voice; 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Saoirse Ronan/U2" | [2] |
Stage
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Crucible | Abigail Williams | Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | [3] |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Almeida Theatre, West End | [4] |
Music video
[edit]| Year | Title | Performer(s) | Album | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Garden's Heart" | Bat for Lashes | How I Live Now | [5] |
| 2016 | "Cherry Wine" | Hozier | Hozier | [6] |
| 2017 | "Galway Girl" | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | [7] |
Discography
[edit]| Year | Title | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Tell Me" | Lost River | [8] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Flynn, Roddy; Tracy, Tony (2019). Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 503. ISBN 978-1-538-11958-7.
- ^ Perkins, Dennis (3 December 2017). "Saoirse Ronan's effortless charm buoys a fine Saturday Night Live". AV Club. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ Winer, Linda (30 March 2016). "'The Crucible' review: Ivo van Hove electrifies Arthur Miller". Newsday. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Pollard, Alexandra (15 October 2021). "The Tragedy of Macbeth review: Saoirse Ronan breathes new life into timeless words". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Rodriguez, Cain (5 September 2013). "Watch: Bat For Lashes Natasha Khan Directs Saoirse Ronan For 'How I Live Now" Soundtrack Song". IndieWire. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Saoirse Ronan backs Hozier charity single in domestic violence campaign". The Independent. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Acevedo, Yoselin (4 May 2017). "Saoirse Ronan Stars in Ed Sheeran's Self-Shot, First-Person 'Galway Girl' Video". IndieWire. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Tell Me (feat. Saoirse Ronan)". Retrieved 5 October 2023.