Saoirse Ronan is flying the Irish flag in Los Angeles at the moment. The 21-yr-old is nominated is nominated for Best Actress in for her performance in Brooklyn.
Ronan revealed that the main thing she learned from her first Oscars outing 8 years when she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Atonement was to “eat a lot beforehand because it’s a long evening”.
She went on to say about here nomination:
“”When you’ve got people like Cate [Blanchett, Carol] and Charlotte [Rampling, 45 Years] who have been in the game for such a long time and have such a great body of work. To be put in a category with them for anything is wonderful.”