Spots, unfortunately, don't always magically disappear once we enter adulthood.

 

Saoirse Ronan, who just received her third Oscar nomination for her starring role in Lady Bird, has definitely struggled with her skin.

 

"I started to get bad skin when I was about 21 and I was doing a lot of press and I did a play and my skin was just under so much strain and I started to get acne," the 23-year-old shared with the Press Association.

 

Luckily, though, her spots didn't shake her confidence.

 

 

"I had never had it before and for whatever reason, I wasn’t insecure and self-conscious about it," the Irish actress noted, according to BreakingNews.ie.

 

"I went into Lady Bird and we were doing camera tests – we were still figuring out her hair and make-up and the whole thing – and while we were doing them, the hair and make-up girls and Greta asked me if I would consider not covering them up so much."

 

The Golden Globe winner said, "I just thought it would have been a missed opportunity to not represent teenagers as they actually are."

 

"And I also don’t think it takes anything away from her either. You should do it – if you can and you’ve got the materials to do it, do it."

 

 

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We are so with her! In the days of edited photos galore, seeing a woman playing a teenager with actual spots has no doubt made young people feel less self-conscious about their own breakouts.

 

Lady Bird is a landmark film not only in its realistic portrayal of teenagers but also in its accolades.

 

Director Greta Gerwig is the fifth (yep, just the fifth) woman to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director.

 

Saoirse said she hopes this signals a change in Hollywood for the better.

 

 

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"I think with Lady Bird and with Wonder Woman (which was directed by Patty Jenkins) as well, because it was such a huge hit and such a big blockbuster, there will be a change," the Atonement actress said.

 

“The conversation is just too big now to go away.

 

“And first and foremost, the best material has to be the stuff that gets made, but in order to make it as diverse as possible, women, for example, need to be able to get a meeting with the executive and kind of go, ‘Here’s my piece of work – now decide what you will, whether you think it’s good or not’.

 

“But there needs to be the option, at least," she added.

 

Lady Bird, which is a coming-of-age story and a tender depiction of a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship, comes out this Friday, February 16.

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