Personal details
- Birth Date: 1994-04-12
- Height: 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Birth Location: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Parents: Monica Ronan
- Professions: Actress, Producer, Soundtrack
Saoirse Ronan? Oh, she’s got one of those wild, whirlwind stories that feels like a movie itself. Born in the Bronx, New York, to Irish parents—her dad’s an actor too, so, yeah, maybe the whole “performing gene” thing is real. But they didn’t stick around America for long; when Saoirse was just a little kid, the family packed up and headed back to Dublin. She bounced between Dublin and County Carlow growing up, but mostly called Dublin home. She didn’t just stumble into acting, either. Saoirse kicked things off pretty young, grabbing a small TV role on “The Clinic” when she was, like, barely out of grade school. But then, bam, she popped up in her first movie in 2007—“I Could Never Be Your Woman.” Not a ton of people saw it, honestly, but it didn’t matter. That same year, she straight-up blasted onto the scene with “Atonement.” Huge movie. Directed by Joe Wright, starring alongside big names like Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. Suddenly, everyone knew her name—Oscar nomination, and she was just a kid. And she didn’t just fizzle out like some child stars do. Between 2008 and 2011, Saoirse was on a roll with movies like “City of Ember” (Irish Film & TV nomination), “The Lovely Bones” (BAFTA nom), and “The Way Back” (she actually won the IFTA for supporting actress). Fast-forward a bit: “Brooklyn” lands her a second Oscar nod at only 21 (second youngest ever, after Angela Lansbury). Then “Lady Bird” comes along, and boom, third Oscar nomination before 24. Not bad, right? These days, she’s living in London. Not too shabby.
movies trivia informationnnSaoirse—yeah, that name people always stumble over—actually gets pronounced a bunch of different ways depending on where she is. In Ireland, she sticks to the original “seer-sha.” That’s the classic way, the way her folks probably say it back home. But if she’s chatting with Americans, she’ll switch it up to “sur-shuh,” just to make life easier. Then, when she’s over in England, like on The Graham Norton Show, she went with “sair-sha.” It’s honestly wild how one name can bounce around so much across accents. People always ask her about it in interviews, and she just rolls with it. By now, she’s probably heard every possible mispronunciation you could imagine. Makes sense—Irish names love to throw people for a loop, and Saoirse is definitely one of those curveball names. Just another reason she stands out, honestly.
referencennSo, Atonement kicks off in this big English country house in the 1930s, right? It’s got this wild tangle of love, jealousy, and flat-out misunderstanding. Briony, this super imaginative kid, sees something she thinks she understands between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie, the housekeeper’s son. Spoiler: she does not understand. She ends up accusing Robbie of something horrible, and the whole thing spirals out of control. Fast-forward: war breaks out, lives are wrecked, people get separated, and Briony spends her whole life trying to make up for her mistake. The story jumps around in time, so you’re piecing things together as you go. It’s all about lost chances, regret, and whether you can ever really fix what you broke. It’ll mess with your head—and your heart.
April 12, 1994
5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Monica Ronan and Surekha
31 years old