Little Women star Saoirse Ronan steps out with her TWO true loves

Enjoying the late summer sunshine, Saoirse Ronan’s affections seem divided between her boyfriend and her dog… and occasionally the bagel she chose for breakfast, too. 

The four-time Oscar nominee was pictured out for a stroll near her West London flat with beau Jack Lowden and her four-year-old Westie-golden-retriever cross, Fran. 

They took time to relax in a park before sitting down outside a Notting Hill bakery. 

Saoirse Ronan was pictured out for a stroll near her West London flat with beau Jack Lowden and her four-year-old Westie-golden-retriever cross, Fran

The famously down-to-earth Saoirse, who received her latest Academy Award nomination for playing iron-willed Jo March in the recent adaptation of Louis May Alcott’s novel Little Women, couldn’t have looked less like an A-lister. 

She was dressed down in a trendy denim skirt, tights and a pair of studded leather monk-strap shoes from British shoemaker Church’s, priced at £610. 

The 26-year-old, who grew up in Co Carlow in Ireland, has made no secret of the love she has for Fran.  

The four-time Oscar nominee took time to relax in a park before sitting down outside a Notting Hill bakery

She was dressed down in a trendy denim skirt, tights and a pair of studded leather monk-strap shoes from British shoemaker Church’s, priced at £610

But the origin of the name she chose is less adorable: she’s named after a drug-dealer character in the sometimes harrowing Irish television crime drama Love/Hate. 

Saoirse admitted that ‘only Irish people’ would understand the name of her pooch, saying: ‘Fran from Love/Hate is my favourite character and I love [actor] Peter Coonan in it. I’ve told him this and I called my Fran after him. 

‘Originally we wanted a boy dog and then we met Fran and we were like, “no, it’s only ever been you”. 

‘So she got the name. So technically she’s Frances, but she’s named after a drug dealer from inner-city Dublin.’ 

Earlier this year, The Mail on Sunday confirmed that Saoirse was dating 29-year-old Jack, who played her husband Henry in the 2018 movie Mary Queen Of Scots

Earlier this year, The Mail on Sunday confirmed that Saoirse was dating 29-year-old Jack, who played her husband Henry in the 2018 movie Mary Queen Of Scots. 

Lowden initially denied they were in a relationship – despite them appearing ‘extremely close’ at a party in New York. 

Saiorse has previously explained how her name, which means ‘freedom’ in Irish, is pronounced: ‘It’s Ser-sha, like inertia.’ 

Something her ever-rising career is never blighted by.