Saoirse Ronan stuns in strapless tan gown as she joins stars at Elle Women In Hollywood event after cover feature
Saoirse Ronan wowed in a strapless tan dress as she joined the stars at the Elle Women In Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
The Irish actress, 30, looked ethereal as she paired the dress with a pair of simple black strappy heels.
The star wore her blonde locks up effortlessly, keeping it natural and completing the look with a large gold earring.
Saoirse recently joined stars like Demi Moore, Julianne Moore and Selena Gomez at the event ELLE’s Women in Hollywood 2024 issue when she revealed that she embraces playing flawed characters.
Saoirse admitted that she now has “less of a problem with things being palatable” and that she enjoys playing characters who are not always the most likable and have challenging qualities.
Speaking about playing a flawed character in her latest project The Outrun, she explained: “I haven’t played someone like that since Briony Tallis. [her character from Atonement]. And I was so ready.
Saoirse Ronan stunned in a strapless tan dress as she joined the stars at the Elle Women In Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Tuesday night
The star wore her blonde locks up effortlessly, keeping it natural and completing the look with a large gold earring
‘I had sufficient confidence in my abilities, but also in who I was. I didn’t feel like I was held back by the need to only play likable people.
‘Because I had to shape it in a creative way, I thought it was less important that things were tasty.’
Revealing how she was inspired by Lena Dunham’s characters in Girls, she continued: ‘We’ve gotten into the habit of filtering our personalities so much and reducing them to a line on Instagram or Twitter.
“And to have the opportunity to say, ‘Look, this person can be fully formed and have shy qualities and also redeeming qualities, and let’s honor all that’ — I’m at the point in my life where I’m like : “That’s what I want to see on the screen”.’
The star also opened up about being a private person and her choice to stay away from social media, as she explained, “I like people not knowing my business.
‘I just fundamentally believe that that is not necessary. I’m an actor, and the side of me I want people to see is in the work.”
“I also think I was very lucky that when I came up, it was just before social media really took off.
‘I see with the slightly younger generation how they have felt the pressure to have that presence. And honestly, that’s fair, because I’ve been in audition rooms where I didn’t get a role because I didn’t have enough followers on Twitter or whatever.”
The Irish actress, 30, looked ethereal as she paired the dress with a pair of simple black strappy heels
Saoirse was recently featured in ELLE’s Women in Hollywood 2024 issue, when she revealed that she embraces playing flawed characters
In Saoirse’s latest role in The Outrun, she plays alcoholic Rona
‘And finally I thought, “Okay, I don’t want to be in a movie like that anyway.” But when you’re coming up and no one knows who you are, and you’re trying to make a name for yourself in the world we’re in now, I can see how you could put too much importance on that.
“I was lucky that I just got over that. It doesn’t make sense to me why I would share my personal life with people I don’t know.’
Last month, the actress set social media ablaze during her appearance on Graham Norton when she made a comment about gender-based violence while sitting alongside an otherwise all-male panel of PaulDenzel Washington and Eddie Redmayne.
As the men laughed because they didn’t think to use their phones to retaliate in the event of an attack, Saoirse silenced the group as she finally found a moment to speak amid the hilarity, stating, “That is what girls should do’. think about it all the time.”
The brutally honest comment led to a moment of silence from the panel before Saoirse asked the audience: “Am I right, ladies?” which drew a huge applause from the studio audience.
Breaking her silence on the viral moment, Saoirse spoke to Ryan Tubridy on Virgin Radio UK, admitting the reaction was ‘not something she expected’ before ‘urging more women to speak out’.