The four-time Oscar nominee recalled being forced to compete with Dakota Fanning early in her career Saoirse Ronan says she was often pitted against other actresses in Hollywood when she was an up-and-coming star.

Saoirse Ronan is in a class of her own—few other actors her age have received the level of critical acclaim (let alone four Oscar nominations). But Hollywood is still Hollywood, and working in the business since she was a pre-teen slotted her into a particular type—”precocious blonde child star,

Saoirse Ronan, a four-time Oscar nominee, recently opened up about being pitted against fellow actress Dakota Fanning during the early stages of her career. Speaking to ELLE for their Women in Hollywood issue, Ronan, now 30, recalled feeling like there was limited space for young actresses like herself and Fanning in the industry.