SAOIRSE RONAN

She was born on April 12, 1994 in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City.

Ronan is the only daughter of Monica and Paul, both from Dublin, Ireland. They moved to Dublin when she was three years old. They lived for a time in Carlow County. They went back to Dublin when she was a teenager.

Ronan has double nationality, American and Irish. At the moment she resides in Greystones, city of the County of Wicklow, located in the south of the County of Dublin.

Active actress since 2003. She made her debut in the cinema with the romantic comedy My mother´s boyfriend (2007) and achieved international fame the same year, after appearing in ATONEMENT. She was 13 years old.

Other roles in her career include the films City of Ember (2008), Lovely Bones (2009), Hanna (2011), The way back (2010), The most (2013) Great Hotel Budapest (2014), Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017) and Mary Queen of Scotland, to be released on February 8 this year.

With only 24 years of age, she is already one of the values ​​of Hollywood and, in fact, she has obtained:

Ø Three Oscar nominations for Atonement, Brooklyn and Lady Bird.

Ø Three nominations to the prizes awarded by the British Academy of Cinematographic Arts and TV (BAFTA)

Ø Two Golden Globe awards.

Ø Two Awards from the United States Actors Guild.

Ø A Satellite award for Best actress.

Saoirse Ronan thanks her mother for being her guardian. She says that she was protected by her mother against the abusive behavior of Hollywood

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