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 film-maker 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
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- 2024 · The End as Mother
- 2024 · A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
- 2024 · Transparent as
- 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
- 2020 · Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Letters from Baghdad as Gertrude Bell (voice)
- 2017 · Tania Libre as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Social Services
- 2015 · B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 as Self
- 2014 · The Gospel According to St Derek as Self
- 2014 · Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch as Self
- 2013 · Death for a Unicorn as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · One Water as
- 2013 · Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Ashes as Self
- 2012 · Song 1 as Self
- 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
- 2010 · Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
- 2010 · Climate of Change as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The Invisible Frame as The Cyclist
- 2008 · Derek as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · The New Ten Commandments as Self
- 2007 · Cannes: All Access as Self
- 2007 · Faceless as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
- 2007 · Strange Culture as Hope Kurtz
- 2007 · Sleepwalkers as Violinist working as a Copy Clerk
- 2007 · Hitler's Favourite Royal as Narrator
- 2006 · Deep Water as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Somme as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory as Self
- 2002 · Teknolust as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
- 2000 · Possible Worlds as Joyce
- 1994 · Death of a World Star as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1994 · Glitterbug as Self
- 1987 · The Last of England as The Maid
- 1987 · Friendship's Death as Friendship
- Future · The Ballad of a Small Player as
- 1987 · Egomania: Island Without Hope as Sally
- Future · Death in Her Hands as Vesta Gul
- 2025 · Instant Coffee as Self
- 2024 · January Stories (version Harinezumi) as
- 2024 · The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze as Self
- 2023 · All Kinds of Love as Self
- 2023 · Some Thoughts On The Common Toad as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Sleep Song as
- 2017 · async - first light as
- 1987 · Depuis le Jour as
- Future · Hamlet as Ophelia
- 2024 · Impulse: Playing with reality as Narrator
- 2024 · The Room Next Door as Martha / Michelle
- 2024 · Chroma as
- 2024 · Fantasmas as Water (voice)
- 2024 · Problemista as Elizabeth
- 2023 · The Killer as The Expert
- 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) (uncredited)
- 2020 · The Human Voice as Woman
- 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 / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
- 2018 · Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Oracle (voice)
- 2017 · Letters from Generation Rx as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Okja as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
- 2017 · The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger as Self
- 2017 · War Machine as German Politician
- 2016 · Doctor Strange as The Ancient One
- 2016 · Phantom of the Universe as Narrator
- 2016 · Hail, Caesar! as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
- 2015 · A Bigger Splash as Marianne Lane
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Trainwreck as Dianna
- 2015 · Dreams Rewired as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Antarctica: On the Edge as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen 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 Mason
- 2013 · When Björk Met Attenborough as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Stars (Are Out Tonight) as
- 2013 · Love Flesh as Self
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · Moonrise Kingdom as Social Services
- 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 · I Am Love as Emma Recchi
- 2009 · Getting On as Elke
- 2009 · The Limits of Control as Blonde
- 2009 · Moments on the Set of I Am Love as Self
- 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
- 2007 · Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
- 2007 · The Man from London as Camélia
- 2007 · Stephanie Daley as Lydie Crane
- 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 · The Beach as Sal
- 1999 · The Protagonists as Actress
- 1999 · The War Zone as Mum
- 1999 · Conceiving Ada as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
- 1998 · Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as Muriel Belcher
- 1997 · Female Perversions as Evelyn Stephens
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Orbital: The Box as Traveller
- 1994 · Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies as
- 1994 · Visions of Heaven and Hell as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · The Open Universe as Carla
- 1993 · Blue as (voice)
- 1993 · Wittgenstein as Lady Ottoline Morrell
- 1992 · Orlando as Orlando
- 1992 · Hamlet as Ophelia
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Ophelia (voice)
- 1992 · Man to Man as Ella / Max Gerike
- 1991 · Edward II as Isabella
- 1991 · The Party: Nature Morte as Queenie
- 1991 · Derek Jarman: A Portrait as Self
- 1990 · Your Cheatin' Heart as Cissie Crouch
- 1990 · Your Cheatin' Heart as
- 1990 · The Garden as Madonna/Voice Overs
- 1989 · Play Me Something as Hairdresser
- 1989 · War Requiem as The Nurse
- 1989 · A Call to Arms as
- 1986 · The Sluggard as The Sluggard
- Future · Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project as
- 1989 · Volcano Saga as Gudrun
- 1988 · Cycling the Frame as The Cyclist
- 1988 · Degrees of Blindness as
- 1987 · Aria as Young Girl
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Lena
- 1986 · Caprice as Lucky
- 1986 · Zastrozzi: A Romance as Julia
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee