Portrait of Saoirse Ronan

Acting

Saoirse Ronan

Career

Active from 2004 to 2028, busiest in 2013 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Little Women
Little Women
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    2018 · Won · 75th Golden Globes

    Lady Bird

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Young Performer

    2010 · Won · 15th Critics' Choice Awards

    The Lovely Bones

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    2020 · Nominated · 92nd Academy Awards

    Little Women

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    2018 · Nominated · 90th Academy Awards

    Lady Bird

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    2016 · Nominated · 88th Academy Awards

    Brooklyn

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actress

    2008 · Nominated · 61st British Academy Film Awards

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    2008 · Nominated · 80th Academy Awards

    Atonement

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

11

The characters Saoirse Ronan played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Saoirse Ronan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Mother-Daughter Relationship 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Three Incestuous Sisters
Three Incestuous Sisters

as Bettine

2020s

13 titles · average score 67
The Beatles: John
The Beatles: John (2028)

as Linda (Eastman) McCartney

The Beatles: George
The Beatles: George (2028)

as Linda (Eastman) McCartney

The Beatles: Paul
The Beatles: Paul (2028)

as Linda (Eastman) McCartney

Bad Apples
Bad Apples (2026)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maria

Paper Plane
Paper Plane (2026)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Director

The Outrun
The Outrun (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

as Rona

Blitz
Blitz (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rita

Foe
Foe (2023)
GoodWatch score 44

as Hen

See How They Run
See How They Run (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

as Constable Stalker

The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

as Lady Macbeth

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

as Junkie / Showgirl #1

Ammonite
Ammonite (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

as Charlotte Murchison

2010s

20 titles · average score 63
Little Women
Little Women (2019)
GoodWatch score 86

as Jo March

Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mary Stuart

On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach (2018)
GoodWatch score 62

as Florence Ponting

Lady Bird
Lady Bird (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

as Lady Bird McPherson

Brooklyn
Brooklyn (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

as Eilis Lacey

Lost River
Lost River (2015)
GoodWatch score 46

as Rat

The Host
The Host (2013)
GoodWatch score 38

as Melanie Stryder / Wanda

How I Live Now
How I Live Now (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Daisy Ryback

Byzantium
Byzantium (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as Eleanor Webb

Justin and the Knights of Valour
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
GoodWatch score 32

as Talia (voice)

Hanna
Hanna (2011)
GoodWatch score 67

as Hanna

The Way Back
The Way Back (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

as Irena Zielińska

2000s

8 titles · average score 60
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

as Susie Salmon

City of Ember
City of Ember (2008)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lina Mayfleet

Atonement
Atonement (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

as Briony Tallis (Age 13)

I Could Never Be Your Woman
I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
GoodWatch score 62

as Izzie

Death Defying Acts
Death Defying Acts (2007)
GoodWatch score 48

as Benji McGarvie

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

as Celia Hardwick

Proof
Proof (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Orla Boland

The Clinic
The Clinic (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Rhiannon Geraghty

1970s

1 title · average score 71
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (1975)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Self - Host / Audience Member (uncredited)