The crashing of waves, the somber recrimination of chilly charcoal clouds: for the young woman at the center of this story, Rona—played, in a marvelously nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan —these are both markers of time and reminders that sometimes it’s necessary to temporarily drop out of time,

Saoirse Ronan stars as an alcoholic woman in recovery in "The Outrun." Credit: StudioCanal Have you ever felt so alienated from your world that only the folklore of wild things could soothe you? In the opening of The Outrun,

Ronan is at her searching, sensational best in "The Outrun" in the change-of-pace role of Rona, a biologist living in London with her boyfriend Daynin (the excellent Paapa Essiedu), who grows increasingly impatient with the destructive hardcore party girl Rona has become.

In the recently released indie comedy “My Old Ass,” the heroine has a little brother who has a pop culture crush on the actress Saoirse Ronan, such that his bedrooms walls are covered with her photos in a manner usually reserved for boy bands.

Ronan kept up the blue theme in Los Angeles, her most recent promotional stop. There, she arrived at Jimmy Kimmel Live in an electric turquoise micro mini dress from JW Anderson’s spring 2025 collection. She wore her hair slicked back and topped off the look with square black sunglasses and pumps.

Saoirse Ronan is brilliant in "The Outrun," a film by Nora Fingscheidt about a woman battling alcoholism. It's based on a memoir by Amy Liptrot.

Saoirse Ronan and the strong cast of 'The Outrun' can't quite save what could have been a gripping drama about a young woman's return home and first steps toward recovery.

Saoirse Ronan is having a big fall with two major films coming to theaters. First is “The Outrun,” an adaptation of Amy Liptrot's memoir of alcoholism and recovery that she stars in and produced alongside her husband Jack Lowden.

Singular actor glows as a student returning to her childhood home, on a windswept island off Scotland, to protect her sobriety.