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