Ripley & Saoirse at the 2015 New York Film Festival
A few young actresses were at the 53rd Annual New York Film Festival earlier this month. One of the most anticipated movies of the festival this year (and already earning lots of Oscar buzz) is Steve Jobs, a biopic of the late Apple CEO, which features three young actresses playing Jobs's daughter Lisa at different ages.
Here Ripley Sobo gets sandwiched between her adult costars Michael Fassbender (who plays her father) and Kate Winslet, at a screening of Steve Jobs at Lincoln Center on October 3. Ripley plays Lisa at age 9; she's played at a younger age by Makenzie Moss, and at an older age by Perla Hainey-Jardine. You remember Uma Thurman's daughter in Kill Bill and the young Jennifer Connelly in Dark Water? That was Perla, and she's now 18.
Inbetween doing film festivals in Toronto last month and London (where she is now), Saoirse Ronan attended the premiere of Brooklyn at Lincoln Center on October 7.
There's also been Oscar buzz around Brooklyn, specifically Saoirse's performance. I was skeptical at first, because she generated similar rumors for The Way Back in 2010. But it was just announced that Saoirse will receive the New Hollywood Award for Brooklyn at next month's Hollywood Film Awards, which mark the beginning of awards season, so maybe another Oscar nomination really is in her future. A few young actresses have received Oscar nods in recent years (Keisha for Whale Rider, Abigail for Little Miss Sunshine, Saoirse for Atonement, Hailee for True Grit, and Quvenzhane for Beasts of the Southern Wild), but Saoirse could be the first of them to get a second one.
Here Ripley Sobo gets sandwiched between her adult costars Michael Fassbender (who plays her father) and Kate Winslet, at a screening of Steve Jobs at Lincoln Center on October 3. Ripley plays Lisa at age 9; she's played at a younger age by Makenzie Moss, and at an older age by Perla Hainey-Jardine. You remember Uma Thurman's daughter in Kill Bill and the young Jennifer Connelly in Dark Water? That was Perla, and she's now 18.
Inbetween doing film festivals in Toronto last month and London (where she is now), Saoirse Ronan attended the premiere of Brooklyn at Lincoln Center on October 7.
There's also been Oscar buzz around Brooklyn, specifically Saoirse's performance. I was skeptical at first, because she generated similar rumors for The Way Back in 2010. But it was just announced that Saoirse will receive the New Hollywood Award for Brooklyn at next month's Hollywood Film Awards, which mark the beginning of awards season, so maybe another Oscar nomination really is in her future. A few young actresses have received Oscar nods in recent years (Keisha for Whale Rider, Abigail for Little Miss Sunshine, Saoirse for Atonement, Hailee for True Grit, and Quvenzhane for Beasts of the Southern Wild), but Saoirse could be the first of them to get a second one.