Celebrating Women's History and Irish American Heritage Month

Saoirse Ronan is an Irish-American actress born on April 12, 1994, in New York City. Ronan was featured in the 2007 movies I Could Never Be Your Woman and Atonement, the latter garnering her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. 

Other roles followed, including the lead in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones and the titular character of the action flick Hanna (2011).

She received her second Oscar nomination for her lead role in the 2015 drama Brooklyn, which returned the actress to her cultural roots (www.biography.com).

You can check out DVDs of Ronan's films at The Yocum Library.