Saoirse Ronan is preparing for a new role: mom.
The Lady Bird actor is expecting her first baby with Jack Lowden, according to photos obtained by the Daily Mail.
Saoirse was seen sporting a baby bump while walking with her husband and their dog in London, as seen in pictures published by the outlet May 31. More than a week prior, the actress was seen at the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 fashion show in France, wearing a lingerie-inspired black lacy slip dress.
And while the 31-year-old and Jack, 34—who wed last summer—are preparing for their new chapter as parents in real life, they’ve previously embarked on a parenthood journey together onscreen in Mary, Queen of Scots. In fact, it was on the 2018 film—where Saoirse played the titular Scottish queen and Jack played her husband Lord Darnley—where their love story began.
“It was remarkable working with Saoirse,” Jack gushed while speaking on a panel at AOL’s BUILD series in December 2018. “The woman is a force of nature on and off screen, and utterly fearless and a brilliant leader as well.”
In the years following the film's release, they kept much of their romance out of the public eye, though they didn’t hold back from praising one another’s work ethic.
“I completely trust his eye,” Saoirse noted of the Slow Horses star to People in 2022. “And I know when he says something’s working, it really is, because he doesn’t ever sugarcoat anything. So I think that really helps, having someone that you really trust. And he’s sort of a typical Scot, where if there’s a problem, he’s the first one to try and solve it.”
And while the duo sparked engagement rumors in 2023—after the Little Women star donned a diamond ring on that finger—it wasn’t until a year later that they confirmed they’d tied the knot.
After their nuptials, they brought their romance into the spotlight, making their red carpet debut as a married couple at the 2024 Emmy Awards where Jack was a nominee. And although the couple are close as ever, their tight-knit bond was once a fantasy to Saoirse.
“I used to think, ‘You’ll never have friends. You’ll never have a partner,’” she told USA Today in October. “I was so in my own world, in a lot of ways. So now, to feel like I’ve got a very rich personal and social life–it’s so precious to me.”
Since their romance began on a set it’s only fitting that they have begun collaborating—behind the scenes, this time. Together, they produced the 2024 movie The Outrun, which Saoirse also starred in. As for why they work so well together, the actress chalks it up to balancing each other out.
"Jack is a lot calmer than I am,” she explained. “He’s my voice of reason. 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."
While they didn’t share the screen in The Outrun, Saoirse teased that she and the Dunkirk alum may act together soon.
“Jack didn’t want to for a long time,” she revealed. “But I’ve now convinced him that’s a great idea. I’d really like to do something together on stage.”
For more on Saoirse's roles over the years, read on.
The Clinic
At just nine years old, Saoirse Ronan made her acting debut on the Irish medical drama, The Clinic.
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Ronan hit the silver screen for the first time in I Could Never Be Your Woman where she played Izzie opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd.
Atonement
Ronan's breakthrough was when she was cast as Briony Tallis in Joe Wright's adaptation of Atonement.
Critics praised Ronan's performance in the film and that buzz only grew during awards season when the then 13-year-old was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars, making her the seventh youngest woman to receive a nod for the honor.
The Lovely Bones
In 2009, Ronan took on her first lead in a theatrical film when she was cast in The Lovely Bones, the film adaptation of the popular book by the same name.
In it, Ronan's character Susie Salmon is assaulted and murdered, with the character narrating the film and watching as her family struggles with trying to move on and get justice for her death.
Hanna
The Irish-American actress showed off her action chops in Hanna, where she plays a character who has been trained since the age of two to become a skilled assassin.
The Host
Stephanie Meyer's book The Host was a fan favorite, and Ronan was cast in the film adaptation in the role of Melanie and Wanderer, forcing her to act as two characters within the same body.
Brooklyn
In this historical drama, Ronan plays Eilis Lacey, an Irish immigrant who is torn between her new life in Brooklyn and her community and past in her homeland.
Ronan's performance was praised and she nabbed nominations for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTAs.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
In this quintessential Wes Anderson film, Ronan plays Agatha, a talented baker whose pastries end up saving the characters at one point.
We're excited to see Ronan and Anderson work together again on The French Dispatch, which is slated to release later in October this year.
Lady Bird
Saoirse "Lady Bird" Ronan became a household name along with Greta Gerwig when Lady Bird took audiences by storm in 2017.
Ronan's portrayal of Lady Bird, a Catholic teen whose relationship with her mother was tense and real, earned the actress her first major award when she received the Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy honor at the Golden Globes.
Mary Queen of Scots
In our mind, Ronan has been a queen for a while, but she made it official when she played Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots opposite of Margot Robbie in this 2018 film.
Little Women
Every generation gets a version of Little Women to love and this latest iteration may be our favorite.
Ronan joined Gerwig for their second collaboration in the role of Jo March, the aspiring novelist whose ambition and independence is to be reckoned with.
And while the "should Jo and Laurie have ended up together" debate has raged for decades, can you blame us for reigniting it when Timothée Chalamet is who we're talking about?