I definitely felt like I came away from it changed.' Ultimately, because of this experience, she says, 'I understand the mind of an alcoholic a lot more than I did before.' Gold Derby editor Daniel Montgomery hosts this webchat.

Ronan is at her searching, sensational best in "The Outrun" in the change-of-pace role of Rona, a biologist living in London with her boyfriend Daynin (the excellent Paapa Essiedu), who grows increasingly impatient with the destructive hardcore party girl Rona has become.

In the recently released indie comedy “My Old Ass,” the heroine has a little brother who has a pop culture crush on the actress Saoirse Ronan, such that his bedrooms walls are covered with her photos in a manner usually reserved for boy bands.