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Hilary Swank
Actor, Producer
Born July 30, 1974 (48 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).
Filmography
| 2020 | The Hunt · as Athena |
| 2020 | Fatale · as Detective Valerie Quinlan |
| 2020 | Away (TV Series) · as Emma Green |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | I Am Mother · as Woman |
| 2018 | What They Had · as Bridget |
| 2018 | Trust (2018) (TV Series) · as Gail Getty |
| 2017 | Logan Lucky · as Special Agent Sarah Grayson |
| 2017 | 55 Steps · as Colette Hughes |
| 2016 | Spark: A Space Tail · as The Queen (voice) |
| 2014 | The Homesman · as Mary Bee Cuddy |
| 2014 | You're Not You · as Kate |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Joey Pogo (voice) |
| 2013 | Mary and Martha · as Mary |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve · as Claire Morgan |
| 2011 | The Resident · as Juliet |
| 2010 | Conviction · as Betty Anne Waters |
| 2009 | Amelia · as Amelia Earhart |
| 2008 | Birds of America · as Laura |
| 2007 | The Reaping · as Katherine |
| 2007 | P.S. I Love You · as Holly |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers · as Erin Gruwell |
| 2006 | On Native Soil · as Narrator |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia · as Madeleine Linscott |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby · as Maggie Fitzgerald |
| 2004 | Red Dust · as Sarah Barcant |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels · as Alice Paul |
| 2003 | The Core · as Maj. Rebecca Childs |
| 2003 | 11:14 · as Buzzy |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Punk'd (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 | Dying to Belong · as Lisa Connors |
| 1997 | Quiet Days in Hollywood · as Lolita |
| 1997 | The Sleepwalker Killing · as Lauren Schall |
| 1996 | Sometimes They Come Back... Again · as Michelle Poter |
| 1996 | Kounterfeit · as Colleen |
| 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 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer · as Kimberly Hannah |
| 1992 | Camp Wilder (TV Series) · as Danielle |
| 1991 | Harry and the Hendersons (TV Series) · as Chelsea |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1990 | Evening Shade (TV Series) · as Aimee |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Carly Reynolds |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Growing Pains (TV Series) · as Sasha Serotsky |
| 1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |