Saoirse Ronan’s reaction to finally winning this awards season at IFTA has fans cracking up— "'Act surprised,' they said"

2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards - Arrivals - Source: Getty
2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards - Arrivals - Source: Getty

Saoirse Ronan finally won an award at the IFTA (Irish Film and Television Awards) and her reaction to the winning moment is making netizens laugh out loud. Ronan fans are now taking funny digs at the incident. Saoirse Ronan is an American Irish actress popular for her roles in The Clinic and her Oscar-nominated performance in the Atonement.

A netizen took a funny dig and wrote,

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Some fans, who absolutely worship her acting, are questioning how this could be her first award of the season. Meanwhile, others are simply celebrating and showing their support for Ronan’s well-deserved win. Fans who have followed her career believe she deserves many more awards. Even when Ronan was nominated for an Oscar but didn’t take it home, she handled it with poise and grace.

Despite the humor surrounding her success at winning an award at IFTA, Ronan's talent is cemented in pop cultural memory and cinematic history. From Brooklyn to Lady Bird to Little Women, Ronan has always been the one to deliver memorable roles and praiseworthy performances.


Saoirse Ronan’s reaction to finally winning this awards season at IFTA has fans cracking up

Wins and misses are a part of celebrity lives and especially when the award seasons arrive the atmosphere becomes tense with anticipations and fan expectations. This time, when IFTA awarded Ronan, fans reacted with admiration and light-hearted humor.

Here are all the fun reactions handpicked for you:

A netizen dropped this gif and expressed shock knowing this was her first award in the season,

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Another netizen commented, (via @LucaGuadagnegro/X)

"it’s giving “oh wait y’all actually want to acknowledge my talent in this sea of mediocrity”

Some netizens observed Ronan's surprised reaction after her name was announced at IFTA.

This social media user commented, (@JonathanGuito/X)

"She was like "really? For THIS shitty movie?"

Another netizen dropped this funny reply, (via @kuuroishi/X)

'the way she won in both lead and supporting categories and she just went "what the hell, sure" '

This X user posted,

she received the award like it was a chore

This X user commented with the following, (via @pr0xpr0xy_y/X)

Internal monologue: Do I actually deserve this or did they mix up the envelopes again?

One last before we sign off, (via @reeebashhh/X)

"Saiorse isn’t online like at all I’m pretty sure so I look forward to someone breaking the news to her that she’s now a meme lmao"

About IFTA

As the name goes, IFTA, or Irish Film and Television Awards is Ireland's version of BAFTA or Golden Globe that recognizes talents from the world of film and television. Other than Ronan, Cillian Murphy has attended the award ceremony previously.

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal