At 30, the Irish actress has already spent two decades in front of the camera, collecting many awards. Her two latest projects are also generating Oscars buzz.

Ronan kept up the blue theme in Los Angeles, her most recent promotional stop. There, she arrived at Jimmy Kimmel Live in an electric turquoise micro mini dress from JW Anderson’s spring 2025 collection. She wore her hair slicked back and topped off the look with square black sunglasses and pumps.

The crashing of waves, the somber recrimination of chilly charcoal clouds: for the young woman at the center of this story, Rona—played, in a marvelously nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan —these are both markers of time and reminders that sometimes it’s necessary to temporarily drop out of time,