'Everybody has their own version of it': Saoirse Ronan on why she finds it 'funny' that people STILL can't pronounce her name

By Cecily Snowball For Mailonline

Published: 10:38 EDT, 23 February 2018 | Updated: 11:20 EDT, 23 February 2018

Her typically Irish name has garnered almost as much attention as her meteoric career rise. 

And Saoirse Ronan - pronounced Ser-sha - joked about her tricky moniker as she sat down for an interview on ITV's This Morning on Friday.

The Oscar-nominated actress, 23, said she finds the buzz surrounding her name 'really, really funny', and has come to enjoy seeing how everyone has their own way of saying it.  

'Everybody has their own version of it': Saoirse Ronan - pronounced Ser-sha - joked about her tricky moniker as she sat down for an interview on ITV's This Morning on Friday

'Everybody has their own version of it': Saoirse Ronan - pronounced Ser-sha - joked about her tricky moniker as she sat down for an interview on ITV's This Morning on Friday

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The Lady Bird's moniker has been the topic of much discussion ever since she landed an Oscar nomination for Brooklyn back in 2015 and Dennis Quaid pronounced it incorrectly.

More recently, Jessica Chastain caused a social media stir when she butchered Saoirse's name and called her 'Sher-sha' at the Golden Globes in January. 

Saoirse told This Morning hosts Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes: 'It is funny. At the start when I was a kid it annoyed me. I was sort of very defensive about my name.

'As I've gotten older, I find it really, really funny. It's a name you can't forget. Everybody has got their own version of it.'

Not bothered: The Oscar-nominated actress, 23, said she finds the buzz surrounding her name 'really, really funny', and has come to enjoy seeing how everyone has their own way of saying it 

Not bothered: The Oscar-nominated actress, 23, said she finds the buzz surrounding her name 'really, really funny', and has come to enjoy seeing how everyone has their own way of saying it 

Oops! Jessica Chastain caused a social media stir when she butchered Saoirse's name and called her 'Sher-sha' at the Golden Globes in January (pictured with her Best Actress prize)  

Oops! Jessica Chastain caused a social media stir when she butchered Saoirse's name and called her 'Sher-sha' at the Golden Globes in January (pictured with her Best Actress prize)  

Hot topic: The Lady Bird's moniker has been the topic of much discussion ever since she landed an Oscar nomination back in 2015 

Hot topic: The Lady Bird's moniker has been the topic of much discussion ever since she landed an Oscar nomination back in 2015 

The talented star has had her fair share of movie premieres since bursting onto the scene in 2008's Atonement, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod.

But Saoirse says her red carpet moments with her Lady Bird cast members made her experience in front of the cameras more 'comfortable'.

She admitted: 'You get used to the red carpets. It's weird. It's not a normal situation to get into. When you're wearing a certain outfit it helps you feel more or less confident

'But with his film we all go to the same award shows and do the same interviews and you get comfortable'.

Talented: The talented star has had her fair share of movie premieres since bursting onto the scene in 2008's Atonement, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod 

Talented: The talented star has had her fair share of movie premieres since bursting onto the scene in 2008's Atonement, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod 

Comfortable: Saoirse says her red carpet moments with her Lady Bird cast members made her experience in front of the cameras more 'comfortable'

Comfortable: Saoirse says her red carpet moments with her Lady Bird cast members made her experience in front of the cameras more 'comfortable'

Life-changing role: Saoirse's latest movie role in Lady Bird has earned her huge critical acclaim as protagonist Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson

Life-changing role: Saoirse's latest movie role in Lady Bird has earned her huge critical acclaim as protagonist Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson

Saoirse also revealed that she was tempted to bring her dog Fran as her date to the Academy Awards this year.

The screen queen has been nominated for the Best Actress prize at this Oscars for her performance in Lady Bird, and although she is taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse contemplated taking the beloved family pooch.

She said: 'Fran is our puppy. She's a dog. I call myself my mother's first child and Fran is definitely the second child could be replacing me very soon.

Big moment: The screen queen has been nominated for the Best Actress prize at this Oscars for her performance in Lady Bird

Big moment: The screen queen has been nominated for the Best Actress prize at this Oscars for her performance in Lady Bird

'I mean Fran was in the running for a while to come to the Oscars but we all had a discussion about it and Fran was like "You know what I'm going to take a step back, because this is my first year in the house and I think mam - my mum - you should go". It's quite big of her.'

This nomination marks her third nod after previously being in the running for Best Supporting Actress for Atonement in 2008 and Best Actress for Brooklyn in 2016 - and is looking forward to being able to properly party after the ceremony for the first time and she and her mam can't wait to let their hair down.

She recently said: 'This time my mam is coming with me and she's very excited. She's like, "We are gonna dance! We are gonna have fun!" 

It's a dog's life: Although she is taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse contemplated taking the beloved family pooch

It's a dog's life: Although she is taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse contemplated taking the beloved family pooch

'We've got a whole chill out day in a spa planned for the day after. It will be great! We have an amazing relationship. Every now and then we go, "Oh God, we are really lucky, aren't we?" 

Saoirse's latest movie role in Lady Bird has earned her huge critical acclaim as protagonist Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson.

The film, which has been tipped for Oscars success, is set in 2002 and tells the story of an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl, who comes of age in Sacramento, California.

While Saoirse missed out on a BAFTA for the role, she picked up a Golden Globe last month and is also a nominee for Best Actress at the Oscars.   

Wonder in white: Whilst Saoirse missed out on a BAFTA for the role, she picked up a Golden Globe last month and is also a nominee for Best Actress at the Oscars

Wonder in white: Whilst Saoirse missed out on a BAFTA for the role, she picked up a Golden Globe last month and is also a nominee for Best Actress at the Oscars

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