10 Best Actors Working Today

10. Saoirse Ronan

With four Oscar nominations, five BAFTA nominations, and a Golden Globe award to her name at the age of 25, Saorise Ronan has shown herself to be a force to be reckoned with.

Earning her first Oscar nod for her performance as Briony Tallis in Joe Wright's Atonment, it wasn't until almost a decade later where she proved just how good she was in Greta Gerwig's quirky coming-of-age tale Lady Bird. Playing the eponymous 17-year-old Californian searching for her own identity and dreaming of attending college on the east coast, Ronan's grounded, Oscar-nominated performance gave the troubled teen so much humanity and depth.

Not long after, Ronan swapped the sunny streets of Sacramento for the rainy hills of Scotland to play the title character in Mary Queen Of Scots in what was another emotionally raw performance.

However, it's Ronan's most recent appearance in Little Woman as aspiring writer Jo Marsh that's marked her as one of today's most sensational talents. Earning her unanimous critical appraisal and another Oscar nomination, the emotional range she displayed is something everything film lover needs to see.

Ronan is set to appear in Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch and romantic drama Ammonitte later this year.