Saoirse Ronan at the screening of her new film 'The Outrun' at The Light House in Smithfield. Photo: Gerry Mooney Irish actress Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Ronan said she fulfilled a childhood longing by marrying Scottish actor Jack Lowden and making Scotland her “second home”. Ronan, speaking on the red carpet of the Light House cinema for a special screening of her new film The Outrun, said she fell in love with the country during the 2018 filming of Mary Queen of Scots , coincidentally where she met her future husband on set.
The two were married on July 20 this year in a secret ceremony. The Sunday Independent revealed they had tied the knot in Edinburgh, a place that Ronan said has a particularly special place in her heart. “When I was a kid, I had done a couple of days in Edinburgh on a film called Death Defying Acts , and I remember turning to my mam – we were doing a night shoot, everyone was knackered – and I thought ‘I’m going to move here one day,’” said Ronan last night.
“It’s just so nice now to kind of call it a second home. Ever since I made Mary Queen of Scots , I’ve always loved Scotland.” In the 2018 film, Ronan took on the role of Mary, while Lowden was cast as Darnley, Mary’s second husband.
Wedding rumours began to fly a year ago, when the couple refused to deny that Lowden had proposed during a hiking holiday in Scotland. However, they are very private about their personal lives, hence the secrecy around their wedding, which was onl.