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Saoirse Ronan stuns crowds at ‘The Way Back’ premiere

DARA KELLY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Friday, December 10, 2010, 5:23 AM

Updated Friday, December 10, 2010, 5:32 AM

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Saoirse ronan at "The Way Back" premiere

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan is the toast of the British film industry and the press this week, who are calling the 16 year old actress the new British it-girl.

The breathless plaudits are coming despite the fact that she's actually from County Carlow and her name means 'freedom' in Irish.

Apparently if you're hugely talented you can get a British passport without question these days.

The 16-year-old actress attended the premiere of her new Peter Weir directed film The Way Back alongside fellow Irish actor Colin Farrell in London on Wednesday night, where she stunned the crowd with her -all-grown-up looks and sense of style.

And as well as impressing the British film bigwigs, Saoirse has also left an lasting impression on her older cast mates, including American actor Ed Harris, with whom she stars in The Way Back.

Harris told the press: 'She was so present in a cool way and really mysterious. I loved working with her. She was just 16 when we made it, I think, a little bit older than my daughter. She had a wonderful work ethic, really friendly, always in good spirits, charming, pretty.

'I felt a little bit protective of her, though she didn’t really need that. We had a really nice thing. I loved just being totally simple and honest with her. She’s living and breathing in the moment and you’re able to just experience that with her.

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DrTrelawney | Dec 10, 2010, 07:44 PM EST

There is no way on earth she will get an Oscar nomination. The film is just not good enough. It's just about the only poor film Peter Weir has made. She is a fine actress, though.

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forflann | Dec 10, 2010, 07:14 PM EST

Now that you have that out of the way Dr. isnt she lovely and talented? Shes already won at the IFTA awards and most likely will receive an Academy Award nomination for this film.

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DrTrelawney | Dec 10, 2010, 05:06 PM EST

Of all the hypocrisy on this site, this particular category really takes the biscuit. Irish Central spends its time identifying anybody -- whether American, Dutch, Thai or Venusian -- who has ever looked at a pint of Guinness as Irish and then gets in a fluster at the slightest hint of an Irish person being called British. In this case, I have been unable to detect even that hint. Who has called her the new "British It-Girl"? An internet search reveals that the only place this phrase has been used is, yes, Irish Central. Quote your sources or keep your paranoid, Anglophobic mouth shut.

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forflann | Dec 10, 2010, 01:20 PM EST

Just like the Brits to try to claim an Irish lass for their own! I see more awards in this lovely, very talented girls future!

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