History Creator / SaoirseRonan

* ActorSharedBackground: Eilis Lacey from ''Film/{{Brooklyn}}'' is the only Irish character she has played to this day.[[note]]She spoke with her natural Irish accent as Agatha in ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'', [[UnexplainedAccent despite her character presumably being from a Central European country.]][[/note]]

She debuted in a short arc on ''Series/TheClinic'' but it was her role as an apologetic younger sister who commits a misguided act with tragic consequences in ''Film/{{Atonement}}'' that marked her as a star to watch; it netted her an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination at the age of thirteen. She's also well-known for her leading roles in ''Film/TheLovelyBones'', ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', ''Film/{{Brooklyn}}'', ''Film/LadyBird'', and ''Film/{{Little Women|2019}}''. She received Oscar noms for the last three as well.

* ContractualPurity: Her parents would only allow her to play Susie in ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' if the book's graphic rape scene wasn't included in the film (they had a point, as she was only 13 during filming). Besides that, she has never had much of a family friendly image, shockingly enough. Films like ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'', ''{{Literature/Atonement}}'', ''Film/TheWayBack'' and ''{{Film/Hanna}}'' helped avoid this. The only remotely family friendly project she did as a child star was ''Film/CityOfEmber''.

* ''Film/TheWayBack'' (2010) as Irena

* ''Anime/TheSecretWorldOfArrietty'' (2010) as Arrietty (UK dub)

** Creator/GretaGerwig directed Ronan in ''Lady Bird'' and ''Little Women''. She discussed this thing in an interview.
--->"I could tell that Wes was not 100 percent thrilled that I was working with her. He loves her. I remember I asked Wes about Saoirse. He read the script and was like, "Saoirse can do anything. She can do absolutely anything." I may be projecting, but I think he might’ve been a little jealous because he’s trying to take her back. (Laughter.) We're in a round robin with Joe Wright."

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She could've become a blockbuster star, but didn't get a number of roles when auditioning, or simply turned them down. In particular, she's flirted with joining a franchise many times but has yet to pull the trigger.

** Auditioned for the part of Katniss Everdeen in ''Film/TheHungerGames''. It went to Creator/JenniferLawrence.

** She auditioned for Rey in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. The role went to Creator/DaisyRidley.

* PlayingGertrude: In ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' Rose [=McIver=] plays her younger sister Lindsay but is six years older than her in real life. This does get justified as Saoirse eternally plays Suzie at fourteen, while Rose plays Lindsay across several years into adulthood.

* ''See How They Run'' (2022) as Constable Stalker

* FakeNationality: Her specialty. Saoirse has played English, Scottish, Polish and Finnish characters. Her role as Agatha in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' is the first time she's used her real accent in a film (although her character is actually a citizen of a fictional Central European country). She finally got to play an Irish character in ''Brooklyn'' - but still using a different accent to her natural one.

* ''See How They Run'' (TBA) as Constable Stalker

She debuted in a short arc on ''Series/TheClinic'' but it was her role as an apologetic younger sister in ''Film/{{Atonement}}'' that marked her as a star to watch; it netted her an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination at the age of thirteen. She's also well-known for her leading roles in ''Film/TheLovelyBones'', ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', ''Film/{{Brooklyn}}'', ''Film/LadyBird'', and ''Film/{{Little Women|2019}}''. She received Oscar noms for the last three as well.

*** She also ended up on the shortlist for Yelena Belova in ''Film/BlackWidow2021'', alongside her ''Little Women'' co-stars Creator/EmmaWatson and Creator/FlorencePugh. The latter ended up winning the role.

* FakeAmerican: Most of her roles. Technically she actually ''is'' an American, as she was born and raised in New York City until age three and holds American citizenship, but she grew up in Ireland so her accent is a Dublin one. She could do the accent flawlessly in her first film at age twelve - ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman''.

She's been known in recent years for her portrayal of mature characters who come of age. [[FakeNationality They are seldom Irish or American]].

* ''Literature/TheHost2013'' as Melanie Stryder

* DyeingForYourArt: She's a redhead in ''{{Film/Byzantium}}'', ''Film/TheHost'' and ''Film/MaryQueenOfScots2018'', and light blonde in ''How I Live Now''.

* ''Literature/TheHost'' (2013) as Melanie Stryder

She's been known in recent years for her portrayal of mature characters who come of age. [[FakeNationality They are rarely Irish or American]].

Saoirse Una Ronan (born April 12, 1994) is an Irish-American film actress.[[note]]"Saoirse" is the Irish Gaelic word for "freedom". While the name is most commonly pronounced "seer-sha", Ronan herself pronounces it "sur-sha", to rhyme with "inertia"; this is one of several regional variations in how the name is pronounced, and for Irish people is an immediate indication of Ronan's upper-middle class Dublin background.[[/note]]

* ActorSharedBackground: Eilis Lacey from ''Film/{{Brooklyn}}'' is the only Irish character she has played to this day.[[note]]She spoke with her natural Irish accent as Agatha in ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'', [[UnexplainedAccent despite her character presumably being from an Eastern European country.]][[/note]]

Saoirse Una Ronan (born April 12, 1994) is an Irish-American film actor.[[note]]"Saoirse" is the Irish Gaelic word for "freedom". While the name is most commonly pronounced "seer-sha", Ronan herself pronounces it "sur-sha", to rhyme with "inertia"; this is one of several regional variations in how the name is pronounced, and for Irish people is an immediate indication of Ronan's upper-middle class Dublin background.[[/note]]

* ''Film/TheFrenchDispatch'' (2021) as a mysterious woman

She's been known in recent years for her portrayal of mature characters, [[FakeNationality who rarely are Irish or American]].

** She had to turn down the part of Tauriel in ''Film/TheHobbit'' because of other commitments, the role went to Creator/EvangelineLilly eventually. She was also in talks to play Itaril but when she backed out, the character was ultimately cut from the film.

* FakeAmerican: Most of her roles. She could do the accent flawlessly in her first film at age twelve - ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman''. Technically she's originally from New York City and is an American citizen, but she grew up in Ireland so her accent is a Dublin one.