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18th Jan 2016

Saoirse Ronan has won big at the London Critics Circle Awards

Colm Boohig

The 21-year-old took home the British/Irish Actress of the Year award.

She’s in the running for Best Actress at the Oscars and the now Saoirse Ronan has something else to celebrate – A London Critics Circle award.

The Dublin native picked up the British/Irish Actress of the Year award thanks to her stellar work in Brooklyn and Lost River.

Brooklyn part IIElsewhere, Stutterer, which is directed by Benjamin Cleary and has been nominated for an Academy Award, won the British/Irish Short Film of the Year.

The Oscars will be hosted by American comedian Chris Rock on February 28. Before that, the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, January 30.

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