Saoirse Ronan is currently getting awards buzz for two films this season—The Outrun and Blitz, but on Tuesday night, she earned recognition as one of ELLE’s 2024 Women in Hollywood. The four-time Oscar nominee took the stage at the event in Los Angeles, held in partnership with Ralph Lauren, Harry Winston, and TikTok, and used her moment to highlight women in the industry whose work often goes unnoticed behind the scenes.
“A few of you might recognize the names I mentioned, but most of you won’t,” she said, after listing off the costume designers, hairstylists, and makeup artists she’s worked with on set. “And yet, without them, we wouldn’t be here. And this is not my attempt to appear faux-gracious or inclusive; this is just the truth. The world of filmmaking stretches far beyond the boundaries of Hollywood. And these are the women who have built it. So thank you to them.”
Speaking to ELLE for our latest issue, Ronan remembered what it was like being pitted against other young women in Hollywood early on in her career.
“For a while, it was me and Dakota Fanning,” she said. “And I would love for Dakota and I to work together. She’s one of the reasons why I got into acting in the first place, because when I was really young, she was working from such an early age, and I used to watch her stuff….So to feel like, ‘Oh, there’s space for all of us now,’ where there’s still healthy competition, I think it’s great.”
Read Ronan’s full interview here.
