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Awards Chatter

Saoirse Ronan - 'Brooklyn'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The American-born Irish actress, who was Oscar-nominated at age 13, is back in the running at 21 for her moving portrayal of a young woman caught between two countries and two young men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.1

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and I am really thrilled to be joined on this episode

0:47.0

by a terrific young actress and a really lovely person whose name is not known or easily pronounced by many but who is

0:55.1

going to be a big star for a long time to come. Her name is Sertia Ronin. First

0:59.9

name spelled S-A-O-I-R-S-E pronounced Sertia like Inertia. It's worth learning because this 21-year-old, and you won't

1:08.2

find a more impressive 21-year-old, is almost certainly going to receive a best actress nomination for a movie that might well receive a best picture nomination in just a few weeks.

1:17.0

It happens to be my favorite movie of the year, John Crowley's Brooklyn.

1:20.0

And it tells the story of a young girl who comes from Ireland to America and finds herself

1:25.6

caught between two worlds and two men.

1:28.1

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January where it was acquired

1:31.9

by Fox Searchlight for a record $9 million, largely

1:35.2

on the back of a great and very affecting performance by Ronan.

1:39.3

Ronan's been on the scene for barely a decade, but she's really made that decade count. Eight years ago at the

1:44.4

age of just 13 she received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her

1:49.2

performance in Joe Wright's Atonement which also received the Best Picture nomination and really put her on the map.

1:55.6

Since then, she's worked across the genres in Peter Jackson's horror flick The Lovely Bones and Peter Weirs period piece

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