Saoirse Ronan (SEER-shuh RO-nuhn; born April 12, 1994) is an Academy Award-nominated Irish actress. She is the eleventh youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award and the seventh youngest to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Ronan received multiple award nominations for her role as the young Briony Tallis in the film Atonement. She plays Susie Salmon in the 2009 film adaptation The Lovely Bones and Lina Mayfleet in City of Ember. She is staring in her own reality show set to premiere on MTV in early 2010.
