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Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton (born Katherine Matilda Swinton; November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient various accolades throughout her long career, including an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards, in addition to being nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Swinton began her career by appearing in experimental films starting with Caravaggio (1986), followed by The Last of England (1988), War Requiem (1989), and The Garden (1990). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), for which she received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End (2001), and followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Constantine (2005), Julia (2008), and I Am Love (2009). For the film Young Adam (2003), she won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Michael Clayton (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Swinton has also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Swinton was awarded the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Swinton was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest honour presented by the institution, for her "daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and filmmaker and recognizes her great contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition and philanthropy." That same year, The New York Times ranked her thirteenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century up to that point.


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Born:
Nov 5, 1960 In London, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
163
First Appeared:
In the movie The Sluggard 1986-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project 2025
Known For
Filmography
Movie Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project Unknown 2025
Movie The Ballad of a Small Player Unknown 2025
Movie The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze Self 2024-06-13
Movie Transparent Unknown 2024-06-12
Movie Problemista Elizabeth 2024-03-01
Movie Orbital: Glastonbury 2024 Self 2024-06-29
Series Fantasmas Water 2024-06-07
Movie Witches (archive footage) (uncredited) 2024-06-09
Movie Chroma Unknown 2024-07-21
Movie A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice) 2024-10-18
Movie The Room Next Door Martha / Michelle 2024-10-07
Movie January Stories (version Harinezumi) Unknown 2024-10-02
Movie The End Mother 2024-12-06
Movie Cannes Uncut Self 2023-06-12
Movie Asteroid City Dr. Hickenlooper 2023-06-08
Movie All Kinds of Love Self 2023-06-20
Movie Some Thoughts On The Common Toad Narrator (voice) 2023-06-17
Movie The Killer The Expert 2023-10-25
Movie Three Thousand Years of Longing Alithea 2022-08-24
Movie Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Wood Sprite / Death (voice) 2022-11-09
Movie Sleep Song Unknown 2022-01-01
Movie Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema Self 2022-12-09
Movie Durmiente Unknown 2022-11-10
Movie The Eternal Daughter Julie / Rosalind 2022-12-02
Movie Memoria Jessica Holland 2021-09-30
Series Marvel Studios Legends The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021-01-08
Movie The Souvenir: Part II Rosalind 2021-10-11
Series What If...? The Ancient One (voice) 2021-08-11
Movie The French Dispatch J.K.L. Berensen 2021-10-21
Movie The Storms of Jeremy Thomas Self 2021-12-10
Movie Goliath: Playing with Reality Narrator (voice) 2021-11-01
Movie Last and First Men Narrator (voice) 2020-02-25
Movie Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence Self (archive footage) 2020-08-20
Movie The Human Voice Woman 2020-09-03
Movie The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode Self 2020-11-06
Movie The Dead Don't Die Zelda Winston 2019-05-15
Movie The Souvenir Rosalind 2019-05-17
Series What We Do in the Shadows Tilda 2019-03-27
Movie Avengers: Endgame The Ancient One 2019-04-24
Series The Boys Ambrosius (voice) 2019-07-25
Movie Uncut Gems Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice) 2019-08-30
Movie The Personal History of David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood 2019-11-07
Movie Isle of Dogs Oracle (voice) 2018-03-23
Series Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Narrator (voice) 2018-09-01
Movie Suspiria Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos 2018-10-26
Movie Doctor Strange: Strange Company Herself 2017-02-28
Movie Tania Libre Narrator (voice) 2017-02-14
Movie Letters from Baghdad Gertrude Bell (voice) 2017-04-21
Movie async - first light Unknown 2017-04-01
Movie War Machine German Politician 2017-05-26
Movie The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger Self 2017-06-23
Movie Okja Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando 2017-06-28
Movie Letters from Generation Rx Narrator (voice) 2017-07-18
Movie Hail, Caesar! Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker 2016-02-05
Movie Doctor Strange The Ancient One 2016-10-25
Movie Dreams Rewired Narrator (voice) 2015-02-01
Movie B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 Self 2015-02-05
Movie A Bigger Splash Marianne Lane 2015-11-26
Movie Trainwreck Dianna 2015-07-17
Movie Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' Self / Social Services 2015-09-22
Movie The Grand Budapest Hotel Madame D. 2014-02-26
Movie Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen Self 2014-04-02
Series Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014-02-25
Series Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014-12-21
Movie Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch Self 2014-04-22
Movie The Gospel According to St Derek Self 2014-10-20
Movie Antarctica: On the Edge Narrator (voice) 2014-10-19
Movie One Water Unknown 2013-04-05
Movie The Stars (Are Out Tonight) Unknown 2013-02-25
Movie Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Narrator (voice) 2013-01-01
Movie Love Flesh Self 2013-02-06
Movie David Bowie: Five Years Self (archive footage) 2013-05-25
Movie When Björk Met Attenborough Narrator (voice) 2013-07-26
Movie The Zero Theorem Dr. Shrink-Rom 2013-09-20
Movie Only Lovers Left Alive Eve 2013-12-12
Movie Snowpiercer Minister Mason 2013-08-01
Movie Death for a Unicorn Narrator (voice) 2013-08-01
Movie Moonrise Kingdom Social Services 2012-05-16
Movie Song 1 Self 2012-03-22
Movie Ashes Self 2012-05-19
Movie Radioman Self 2012-12-07
Movie We Need to Talk About Kevin Eva Khatchadourian 2011-09-28
Movie Cinema Is Everywhere Self 2011-10-22
Series Women, War & Peace Narrator (voice) 2011-10-11
Movie I Am Love Emma Recchi 2010-03-19
Movie Climate of Change Narrator (voice) 2010-05-12
Movie Behind Jim Jarmusch Self 2010-09-01
Movie 14 Actors Acting Self 2010-12-08
Movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader White Witch 2010-12-02
Movie The Limits of Control Blonde 2009-05-01
Movie Moments on the Set of I Am Love Self 2009-01-01
Series Getting On Elke 2009-07-08
Movie The Invisible Frame The Cyclist 2009-11-12
Movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian White Witch 2008-05-15
Movie Derek Narrator (voice) 2008-02-19
Movie Julia Julia 2008-03-12
Movie Burn After Reading Katie Cox 2008-09-05
Movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Elizabeth Abbott 2008-12-25
Movie Faceless Narrator (voice) 2007-03-20
Movie Here’s Looking at You, Boy Self 2007-02-16
Movie Sleepwalkers Violinist working as a Copy Clerk 2007-01-16
Movie Strange Culture Hope Kurtz 2007-02-09
Movie Stephanie Daley Lydie Crane 2007-04-20
Movie The Man from London Camélia 2007-05-23
Movie Cannes: All Access Self 2007-10-27
Movie Michael Clayton Karen Crowder 2007-09-28
Movie Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes Self 2006-01-24
Movie Galápagos Narrator 2006-09-26
Series Galapagos Self - Presenter 2006-09-29
Movie Deep Water Narrator (voice) 2006-12-15
Movie Broken Flowers Penny 2005-07-31
Movie Constantine Gabriel 2005-02-08
Movie Thumbsucker Audrey Cobb 2005-09-16
Movie The Somme Narrator (voice) 2005-11-14
Movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe White Witch 2005-12-07
Series Made in Hollywood Self 2005-09-30
Movie Young Adam Ella Gault 2003-09-26
Movie The Statement Annemarie Livi 2003-12-12
Movie Teknolust Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive 2002-01-10
Movie Adaptation. Valerie Thomas 2002-12-06
Movie Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory Self 2002-10-10
Movie The Deep End Margaret Hall 2001-01-21
Movie Vanilla Sky Rebecca Dearborn 2001-12-14
Movie The Beach Sal 2000-02-03
Movie Possible Worlds Joyce 2000-09-04
Movie The Dilapidated Dwelling Narrator (voice) 2000-10-06
Movie Conceiving Ada Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace 1999-02-19
Movie The War Zone Mum 1999-06-11
Movie The Protagonists Actress 1999-09-10
Movie Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Muriel Belcher 1998-09-16
Movie Female Perversions Evelyn Stephens 1997-04-25
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22
Movie Visions of Heaven and Hell Narrator (voice) 1994-01-31
Movie Glitterbug Self 1994-03-05
Movie Death of a World Star Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1994-06-01
Movie Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies Unknown 1994-05-01
Movie Blue (voice) 1993-08-19
Movie Wittgenstein Lady Ottoline Morrell 1993-03-26
Movie The Open Universe Carla 1993-10-16
Movie Man to Man Ella / Max Gerike 1992-08-26
Series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Ophelia (voice) 1992-11-09
Movie Orlando Orlando 1992-12-11
Movie Derek Jarman: A Portrait Self 1991-01-25
Movie Edward II Isabella 1991-10-18
Movie The Party: Nature Morte Queenie 1991-09-06
Movie Your Cheatin' Heart Unknown 1990-10-11
Movie The Garden Madonna/Voice Overs 1990-09-06
Series Your Cheatin' Heart Cissie Crouch 1990-10-11
Movie A Call to Arms Unknown 1989-01-01
Movie Volcano Saga Gudrun 1989-01-01
Movie War Requiem The Nurse 1989-01-06
Movie Play Me Something Hairdresser 1989-02-18
Movie Degrees of Blindness Unknown 1988-01-01
Movie Cycling the Frame The Cyclist 1988-08-30
Movie Egomania: Island Without Hope Sally 1987-05-20
Movie Friendship's Death Friendship 1987-08-17
Movie Depuis le Jour Unknown 1987-05-27
Movie The Last of England The Maid 1987-08-23
Movie Aria Young Girl 1987-09-15
Movie The Sluggard The Sluggard 1986-01-01
Movie Caprice Lucky 1986-01-01
Movie Caravaggio Lena 1986-08-29
Series Zastrozzi: A Romance Julia 1986-04-13
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