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Hilary Swank
Actor, ProducerBorn July 30, 1974 (50 years)
Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). She then had her breakthrough for starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997–1998).
Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005.
Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).
Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005.
Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).
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2024 | Ordinary Angels · as Sharon Stevens |
2023 | The Good Mother · as Marissa Bennings |
2022 | Alaska Daily (TV Series) · as Eileen Fitzgerald |
2021 | Yellowjackets (TV Series) · as Cast |
2020 | Fatale · as Det. Valerie Quinlan |
2020 | Away (TV Series) · as Emma Green |
2020 | Disclosure · as Brandon Teena / Self (archive Footage) |
2020 | The Hunt · as Athena |
2019 | I Am Mother · as Woman |
2019 | The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Special Message (via Video) |
2018 | What They Had · as Bridget |
2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
2018 | Trust (2018) (TV Series) · as Gail Getty |
2017 | 55 Steps · as Colette Hughes |
2017 | |
2017 | Logan Lucky · as Special Agent Sarah Grayson |
2016 | Spark: A Space Tail · as The Queen (voice) |
2014 | You're Not You · as Kate |
2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Joey Pogo (voice) |
2014 | The Homesman · as Mary Bee Cuddy |
2013 | Mary and Martha · as Mary |
2011 | New Year's Eve · as Claire Morgan |
2011 | The Resident · as Juliet Devereau |
2010 | Conviction · as Betty Anne Waters |
2009 | Amelia · as Amelia Earhart |
2008 | Birds of America · as Laura |
2007 | P.S. I Love You · as Holly |
2007 | The Reaping · as Katherine |
2007 | Freedom Writers · as Erin Gruwell |
2006 | The Black Dahlia · as Madeleine Linscott |
2006 | On Native Soil · as Narrator (voice) |
2005 | San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero · as Teena Brandon - Brandon Teena |
2004 | Million Dollar Baby · as Maggie Fitzgerald |
2004 | Iron Jawed Angels · as Alice Paul |
2004 | |
2003 | 11:14 · as Buzzy |
2003 | The Core · as Maj. Rebecca Childs |
2002 | Insomnia · as Ellie Burr |
2001 | The Affair of the Necklace · as Jeanne St. Remy De Valois |
2000 | The Gift · as Valerie Barksdale |
1999 | Boys Don't Cry · as Brandon Teena |
1998 | Heartwood · as Sylvia Orsini |
1997 | The Sleepwalker Killing · as Lauren Schall |
1997 | Leaving L.A. (TV Series) · as Tiffany Roebuck |
1997 | Dying to Belong · as Lisa Connors |
1997 | Quiet Days in Hollywood · as Lolita |
1996 | Kounterfeit · as Colleen |
1996 | Sometimes They Come Back... Again · as Michelle Porter |
1996 | Terror in the Family · as Deena Marten |
1994 | The Next Karate Kid · as Julie Pierce |
1994 | Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story · as Patty Yaklich |
1992 | Camp Wilder (TV Series) · as Danielle |
1992 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer · as Kimberly Hannah |
1991 | Harry and the Hendersons (TV Series) · as Chelsea |
1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Carly Reynolds |
1990 | Evening Shade (TV Series) · as Aimee |
1985 | Growing Pains (TV Series) · as Sasha Serotsky |
1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator |