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Actress Saoirse Ronan is known for her amazing performances in acclaimed films such asLady Bird, Brooklyn,andLittle Women.The actress has been nominated for the Academy Award four times, the first time being when she was twelve. She has worked with some of the best directors working right now such as Wes Anderson, Greta Gerwig, and Joe Wright.
Despite being one of the few actors to have achieved such acclaim in the dramatic category, Ronan mentioned that she would like to move away from those genres of films. She said that she wants to try a comedy, something along the lines of the classic Rebel Wilson starrerBridesmaids.
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Saoirse Ronan’s Rise To Fame
Irish actressSaoirse Ronanstarted her career on TV as a child actor. She made her film debut in the critically panned Paul Rudd and Michelle Pfeiffer starrerI Could Never Be Your Woman. The actress was considered to be one of the only good parts of the film. While the film was shot in 2005, it only received a limited release and was then pushed to video in 2007.
Ronan got her breakthrough role at the age of twelve in the Joe Wright-directed period dramaAtonement. She starred along with James McAvoy and Keira Knightley in the film. Ronan played the role of an eccentric teen who in her immaturity changes the life of McAvoy’s character by accusing him of a crime he has not committed. Her performance earned her nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award.
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Ronan’s next big role came in the form ofLord of the Ringsdirector Peter Jackson’sThe Lovely Bones. She starred along with Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, and Mark Wahlberg in the supernatural drama. While the film only earned about $93 million against a $65 million budget, Ronan again received positive responses from critics. After starring in a bunch of other films, she rose to prominence with the filmBrooklyn.She received another BAFTA, Gloden Globe, and an Oscar nomination for the role.
Saoirse Ronan received much acclaim for her performances in Wes Anderson’sThe Grand Budapest Hoteland Greta Gerwig’sLady Bird. She had a starring role in the latter, playing the titular Lady Bird in the coming-of-age drama. The film was universally acclaimed and Ronan earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy.
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Saoirse Ronan Wants To Make A Comedy
Actress Saoirse Ronan has been nominated for the Academy Award four times. This makes her the second youngest nominee to be nominated that many times, coming up behind Jennifer Lawrence. She has regularly collaborated with the best directors of her time and has constantly been regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation.
She even performed on stage on Broadway as well as had a starring role in a production of William Shakespeare’sThe Tragedy of Macbeth, which the actress says was heavy on her. In an interview withHarper’s Bazaar, she said,
“Because of the discipline that it required – getting on my bike at 5 o’clock night after night, in the dead of winter, to do a play that dark and at a time when the country was still in the throes of COVID, meaning we were all carrying a heaviness already…When you’re working with weighty material, you find levity somehow. With Macbeth, it did feel hard to find the light.”
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In fact, Ronan said that she would want to put a pause on her dramatic career and venture into the comedy space. She mentioned classic sitcoms such asSeinfeldandCurb Your Enthusiasmas the type of comedy that she wanted to explore. Ronan mentioned,
“I would love to do something modern and funny. But to be able to do comedy well requires so much skill and musicality. I don’t necessarily think I have that yet –although as I’ve got older, I am more comfortable and confident to try.”
She also mentioned the classic comedyBridesmaids,which starred Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrn, Melissa McCarthy, and Rebel Wilson. Saoirse Ronan was last seen in the mystery comedySee How They Runand seems to be headed in the comedy direction.
Source:Harper’s Bazaar
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
