Saoirse Ronan is hailed for her powerful reminder about violence against women on The Graham Norton Show that left all-male panel in stunned silence

Women crossed societal media person hailed character Saoirse Ronan for 'speaking her mind' aft she silenced her chap guests connected The Graham Norton Show pinch a powerful reminder astir gender-based violence.

The American-born Irish character near nan all-male sheet - which included actors Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne - successful corporate soundlessness aft she called retired a joke astir self-defense.

The clip has since gone viral, pinch societal media users saying nan 'silence said volumes' arsenic they said of their 'admiration' for nan Oscar-nominated actress. 

The infinitesimal came arsenic Redmayne, 42, told a communicative astir really during his training for The Day of nan Jackal, he was shown really to usage a telephone to retaliate successful nan arena of an attack.

Erupting into laughter, Mescal, 28, quipped: 'Who is really going to deliberation astir that? If personification really attacked me, I'm not going to spell "phone."'

Sharing nan joke, Norton, 61, mimicked holding a telephone to fend disconnected an attacker joking, 'Can you clasp connected a second?' to which Redmayne said, 'That's a very bully point.' 

But nan laughter was quickly stopped successful its tracks erstwhile Ronan, 30, reminded nan antheral sofa: 'That's what girls person to deliberation astir each nan time.'

The brutally honorable remark prompted a infinitesimal of soundlessness from nan panel.

'Am I right, ladies?' she past asked nan crowd, eliciting a immense information of applause from nan workplace audience.

Ronan - who says she would for illustration to play a Bond villain - garnered further plaudits connected societal media, arsenic group lauded her for speaking up successful nan situation.

'Saoirse Ronan has a very beardown beingness and isn't acrophobic to speak her mind,' said 1 user. 

Another female personification said: 'I respect Saoirse Ronan truthful overmuch - erstwhile she mentions really women person to deliberation perpetually really to take sides ourselves from onslaught and everyone goes quiet and past cheers. She's truthful right!' 

A 3rd called Ronan 'a queen,' saying that 'men request a reminder what it’s for illustration being a female truthful they tin admit their privilege.

The personification noted that 'the soundlessness aft she said that speaks volumes,' while different said 'the soundlessness is taking maine out.'

A abstracted personification said that nan clip 'encapsulates men being ignorant of antheral privilege successful a nutshell.

'The truth that these guys - bully guys, mind - are conscionable truthful unaware is almost terrifying,' nan personification added. 'Thank goodness for Saoirse though because we each request a spot much attraction drawn to this.'

One personification said nan infinitesimal was a microcosm of really men and women communicate, saying that 'this is what it feels for illustration to person immoderate convo pinch men ever.'

Another personification said that reside deafness successful regards to nan gender rumor was evident successful nan excerpt from nan celebrated British talk show.

'The point that angered maine nan astir is that Saoirse Ronan, nan only female connected nan panel, had to almost conflict to make her constituent amongst a group of laughing men who didn’t see her input aliases nan experiences of women,' nan personification said. 'Almost arsenic if that’s nan full f***ing problem isn’t it?' 

Ronan is presently promoting her warfare play movie Blitz, which is slated to beryllium released successful theaters November 1 earlier streaming connected Apple TV+ November 22.

The movie besides stars Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller and Stephen Graham.

Blitz, written and directed by Steven McQueen, 'follow nan stories of a group of Londoners during nan events of nan British superior bombing successful World War II,' a logline for nan movie reads.

Ronan portrays a female named named Rita who is raising her boy George, nine, (Heffernan) amid nan tumultuous time.