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.

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,

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.