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Shining City for Saoirse

By
Cahir O'Doherty,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:09 PM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:09 PM

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IN her own very understated way Ireland's Saoirse Ronan's has just become one of the most important young actresses in Hollywood. After her Oscar nominated turn alongside Keira Knightley in Atonement earlier this year, Ronan quickly took off for Belfast where she filmed the forthcoming Tom Hanks produced blockbuster City of Ember in a purpose built indoor film studio that was once part of Harland and Wolff's massive shipyard.

No sooner had she wrapped up in Belfast but she was off again to Wellington, New Zealand to star as the heroine of The Lovely Bones, the film adaptation of the bestselling book directed by Lord of The Rings auteur Peter Jackson that's due for release next year.

Her recent film roles have included playing Michelle Pfeiffer's free spirited daughter in the straight to DVD romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman, and she just appeared as Catherine Zeta Jones' daughter in the independent thriller Death Defying Acts that opened in limited release in July.

And next week Ronan will begin shooting The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle in New York, opposite Pierce Brosnan, with Danny DeVito directing.

Considering all the A-List casting, it's sometimes difficult to remember that she's still only 14. To date only Jodie Foster has notched up so many serious drama roles in big budget films at such a young age, and it's a tribute to Ronan's talent that the young Carlow girl is taking it all in her stride.

"At the end of the day it's just a movie, you know," Ronan says in her distinctly north Dublin accent during a phone interview with the Irish Voice last week. "You can enjoy it and enjoy talking about it but eventually you'll have to move on to the next one."

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