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 End as Mother
- 2024 · A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
- 2024 · The Room Next Door as Martha Hunt / Michelle Hunt
- 2024 · Orbital: Glastonbury 2024 as Self
- 2024 · The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze as Self
- 2023 · Some Thoughts On The Common Toad as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Storms of Jeremy Thomas as Self
- 2020 · Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Letters from Generation Rx as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Letters from Baghdad as Gertrude Bell (voice)
- 2017 · async - first light as
- 2017 · Doctor Strange: A Strange Transformation as Self
- 2015 · Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Social Services
- 2014 · Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch as Self
- 2014 · Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen as Self
- 2013 · When Björk Met Attenborough as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Ashes as Self
- 2011 · Cinema Is Everywhere as Self
- 2011 · Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
- 2010 · Climate of Change as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The Invisible Frame as The Cyclist
- 2007 · Cannes: All Access as Self
- 2007 · Stephanie Daley as Lydie Crane
- 2006 · Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2005 · The Somme as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Teknolust as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
- 2000 · Possible Worlds as Joyce
- 1999 · The Protagonists as Actress
- 1999 · Conceiving Ada as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
- 1994 · Glitterbug as Self
- 1993 · The Open Universe as Carla
- 1990 · Your Cheatin' Heart as Cissie Crouch
- 1990 · Your Cheatin' Heart as
- 1990 · The Garden as Madonna/Voice Overs
- 1989 · War Requiem as The Nurse
- 1988 · Cycling the Frame as The Cyclist
- 1987 · Friendship's Death as Friendship
- 1986 · Zastrozzi: A Romance as Julia
- 1986 · Caprice as Lucky
- Future · The Ballad of a Small Player as
- 2024 · Chroma as
- 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 · Cannes Uncut 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) (uncredited)
- 2020 · The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode as Self
- 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 · Okja as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
- 2017 · The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger as Self
- 2017 · War Machine as German Politician
- 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 · 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 · The Gospel According to St Derek as Self
- 2014 · Antarctica: On the Edge as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Death for a Unicorn as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · Moonrise Kingdom as Social Services
- 2012 · Song 1 as Self
- 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 · Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
- 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
- 2008 · Derek as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
- 2007 · The Man from London as Camélia
- 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
- 2006 · Deep Water as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Galapagos as Self - Presenter
- 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
- 2002 · Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory as Self
- 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 War Zone as Mum
- 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
- 1994 · Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies as
- 1994 · Visions of Heaven and Hell as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Blue as (voice)
- 1993 · Wittgenstein as Lady Ottoline Morrell
- 1992 · Orlando as Orlando
- 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
- 1989 · Play Me Something as Hairdresser
- 1989 · Volcano Saga as Gudrun
- 1989 · A Call to Arms as
- 1988 · Degrees of Blindness as
- 1987 · Aria as Young Girl
- 1987 · The Last of England as The Maid
- 1987 · Depuis le Jour as
- 1987 · Egomania: Island Without Hope as Sally
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Lena
- 1986 · The Sluggard as The Sluggard
- Future · Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Project as
- Future · Sleep Song as
- Future · January Stories (version Harinezumi) as