Saoirse Ronan Reveals Her New Perspective From ‘The Outrun’ And Her Fear Of Singing In ‘Blitz’: “I Felt Very Exposed”

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Saoirse Ronan is having a moment. Which is not necessarily a new experience, given she has four Oscar nominations to her credit.

Now 30, the Irish-born actress first made the Academy cut at 14 for her supporting role in Atonement, which she followed with leading roles in Brooklyn, Ladybird and Little Women.

But this year, playing a single mother in Steve McQueen’s London wartime drama Blitz, and a woman fighting her demons in Nora Fingscheidt’s addiction story The Outrun — Ronan’s first project as a producer — the goalposts for what she can achieve have been widened.  At this stage of your career, when you’re thinking about what you want to do next, do you choose in terms of personal challenge or people you want to work with?  I would say it’s both of those things.

It’s become more about the type of filmmakers I want to work with, the older I get, because I think the richer your personal life becomes, the more it takes for you to be convinced to leave it.