Hilary Swank
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Biography
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).
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Filmography
N.A.R.
Movie
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Movie · as Self
Ordinary Angels
Movie · as Sharon Stevens
The Good Mother
Movie · as Marissa Bennings
Alaska Daily
TV · as Eileen Fitzgerald · 11 eps
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV · as Self · 9 eps
Yellowjackets
TV · as Adult Melissa · 2 eps
Disclosure
Movie · as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
Fatale
Movie · as Det. Valerie Quinlan
The Hunt
Movie · as Athena
Away
TV · as Emma Green · 10 eps
I Am Mother
Movie · as Woman
The Masked Singer
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV · as Self · 2 eps
I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here!
TV · as Self - Contestant · 18 eps
55 Steps
Movie · as Colette Hughes
What They Had
Movie · as Bridget
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Trust
TV · as Gail Getty · 10 eps
Explained
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Logan Lucky
Movie · as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Movie
Spark: A Space Tail
Movie · as The Queen (voice)
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Homesman
Movie · as Mary Bee Cuddy
You're Not You
Movie · as Kate
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Joey Pogo (voice) · 5 eps
Mary and Martha
Movie · as Mary
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self
New Year's Eve
Movie · as Claire Morgan
The Resident
Movie · as Juliet Devereau
Conviction
Movie · as Betty Anne Waters
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Amelia
Movie · as Amelia Earhart
The Jay Leno Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Birds of America
Movie · as Laura
Freedom Writers
Movie · as Erin Gruwell
The Reaping
Movie · as Katherine
P.S. I Love You
Movie · as Holly
The Black Dahlia
Movie · as Madeleine Linscott
...So Goes the Nation
Movie · as Self
On Native Soil
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie · as Self - Presenter
James Lipton Takes on Three
Movie · as Self
Born to Fight
Movie · as Self
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Million Dollar Baby
Movie · as Maggie Fitzgerald
11:14
Movie · as Buzzy
Red Dust
Movie · as Sarah Barcant
Iron Jawed Angels
Movie · as Alice Paul
The Core
Movie · as Maj. Rebecca Childs
Under Antarctic Ice
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Punk'd
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Insomnia
Movie · as Ellie Burr
The Affair of the Necklace
Movie · as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
The Concert for New York City
Movie · as Self
The Gift
Movie · as Valerie Barksdale
The Audition
Movie
Boys Don't Cry
Movie · as Brandon Teena
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heartwood
Movie · as Sylvia Orsini
Dying to Belong
Movie · as Lisa Connors
The Sleepwalker Killing
Movie · as Lauren Schall
Quiet Days in Hollywood
Movie · as Lolita
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Leaving L.A.
TV · as Tiffany Roebuck · 6 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Movie · as Michelle Porter
Kounterfeit
Movie · as Colleen
Terror in the Family
Movie · as Deena Marten
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Next Karate Kid
Movie · as Julie Pierce
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
Movie · as Patty Yaklich
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Movie · as Kimberly Hannah
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Camp Wilder
TV · as Danielle · 19 eps
Harry and the Hendersons
TV · as Chelsea · 1 ep
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Carly Reynolds · 16 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Oprah Winfrey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Growing Pains
TV · as Sasha Serotsky · 2 eps
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep