Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden have been dating for about five years. They tend to keep their lives together very private, but have posted some shots on social media as their relationship progressed.
In July 2024, it was reported that the couple had gotten secretly married. With just a few friends and family members present, they had a ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland, around the weekend of July 20.
Here’s everything to know about Lowden and his relationship with Ronan so far.
Who is Jack Lowden?
Lowden is also an actor from Scotland, with a long career on stage. In 2013, he won both an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Oswald in Ibsen’s Ghosts. He’s also had some significant roles in film and TV, including Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.
In 2020, he bought a home in west Cork with Ronan, but they also live in London, and have a terrier named Fran. The couple share a production company with producer Dominic Norris. Their film The Outrun stars Ronan.
How long have they been together?
In December 2018, Page Six reported they were dating after they were seen together at an after-party at Tavern on the Green. The pair played husband and wife in the film Mary Queen of Scots. Sightings of them over the next few years were sparse and they infrequently appear together on social media. In 2020, the Daily Mail shared pics of them in London and in 2022 they were spotted at the Australian Open together. On New Year’s Eve, he shared a mirror selfie of them to celebrate.
What else have they said about one another?
In 2019, a reporter for The Telegraph asked Ronan, “Am I allowed to ask if you’re going out with the person that everyone thinks you’re going out with?”
Ronan responded, “No.”
Earlier that year, Lowden was asked about Ronan by ES Magazine and answered the same way, but with more words.
“Oh I’m not going to talk about that. I don’t like talking about that side of life,” he said. “Most of the actors I know live pretty normal lives, it’s just every now and again they have to do something ridiculous or extraordinary. My life hasn’t changed. People seem more interested—I guess that’s changed, for sure.”
Lowden has gushed about Ronan when talking about her acting, in an interview with i newspaper.
“The woman is a force of nature, on- and off-screen, and utterly fearless and a brilliant leader as well,” he said. “My first love is actors, and when you’re given a Ferrari like her, it’s all about how you make everything good for the Ferrari to show off. Don’t make a Ferrari do what a Renault Clio does. It’s a dreadful analogy but they’re like gold dust, good actors. When there’s someone like that, you just have to facilitate them and you will get gold. And my God, did we.”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, will be released by Dial Press in February 2022.