Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan 'expecting first child' with Scots actor Jack Lowden

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23-05-2025

The Brooklyn actress, who married actor Jack Lowden last year, appeared to confirm her baby news on the red carpet.
Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan is reportedly expecting her first child with Scots actor Jack Lowden. The four-time Oscar nominee, 31, appeared to confirm the exciting news on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival.
The Outrun actress showed off her blossoming baby bump in a sheer black gown while posing for photographs at the Louis Vuitton Women's Cruise 2026 show on Friday May 23, according to the Irish Independent.
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Saoirse wore a strapped black silk dress, which featured sophisticated lace detailing across the chest. Saoirse had her first breakout role in Atonement where she starred alongside James McAvoy and Kiera Knightley in 2007.
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The talent married BAFTA-winner Jack, 34, who grew up in the Scottish Borders, in a secret Edinburgh ceremony last year. The intimate function included only a few select friends and family members.
The pair were first romantically linked after starring in Mary Queen of Scots in 2018. Saoirse played Mary while Jack played Lord Darnley, Mary's second husband, but the duo have remained private about their personal lives.
However, speaking to British Vogue last year, Saoirse said she had "always wanted" to marry and have children alongside her career.
"I became successful when I was quite young, she explained. "So it meant that, actually, by the time I found my partner, I'm now at the stage where if it happened, I would like to have a kid.
"I feel fortunate enough that if I step out of this for a minute, I'm hopefully not giving it up forever.
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"But, yeah, I've always wanted that."
The couple produced the 2024 film adaptation of The Outrun where Saoirse played Rona, a Scottish woman who returns to her roots on the Orkney Islands after rehab in an evocative tale of battling addiction.
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Saoirse described her husband as "a lot calmer" than she is as a collaborator.
"He's my voice of reason," she told USA Today. "But as a duo, we've both been on film sets our whole lives, so we have an appreciation of what we're asking actors to do. We always want them to feel safe."
On whether the pair would appear on screens together again, she said: "Jack didn't want to for a long time, but I've now convinced him that's a great idea. I'd really like to do something together on stage."
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Fellow actor Jack grew up in the Scottish Borders and attended Scottish Youth Theatre in Edinburgh where he fell in love with the art. Earlier this year, there was even speculation he could be in line to take over as James Bond.
With Amazon now in control of the Bond franchise, speculation over Daniel Craig's successor is at an all-time high, and while the betting market has seen plenty of contenders come and go, a new Scottish frontrunners appeared to be emerging in Jack. His odds surged to 8/1 in February 2025, making him a serious player in the race for 007.