Hilary Swank
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Ordinary Angels as Sharon Stevens
- 2023 · The Good Mother as Marissa Bennings
- 2022 · Alaska Daily as Eileen Fitzgerald
- 2021 · Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
- 2020 · Fatale as Det. Valerie Quinlan
- 2020 · Away as Emma Green
- 2020 · Disclosure as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Hunt as Athena
- 2019 · I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here! as Self - Contestant
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · I Am Mother as Woman
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Special Message (via video)
- 2018 · What They Had as Bridget
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Trust as Gail Getty
- 2018 · 55 Steps as Colette Hughes
- 2017 · Double Dutchess: Seeing Double as
- 2017 · Logan Lucky as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · Spark: A Space Tail as The Queen (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · You're Not You as Kate
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Joey Pogo (voice)
- 2014 · The Homesman as Mary Bee Cuddy
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013 · Mary and Martha as Mary
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Claire Morgan
- 2011 · The Resident as Juliet Devereau
- 2010 · Conviction as Betty Anne Waters
- 2009 · Amelia as Amelia Earhart
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Birds of America as Laura
- 2007 · P.S. I Love You as Holly
- 2007 · The Reaping as Katherine
- 2007 · Freedom Writers as Erin Gruwell
- 2006 · ...So Goes the Nation as Self
- 2006 · The Black Dahlia as Madeleine Linscott
- 2006 · On Native Soil as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2005 · A Concert for Hurricane Relief as Self - Presenter
- 2004 · Million Dollar Baby as Maggie Fitzgerald
- 2004 · Iron Jawed Angels as Alice Paul
- 2004 · Red Dust as Sarah Barcant
- 2003 · Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · 11:14 as Buzzy
- 2003 · The Core as Maj. Rebecca Childs
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Under Antarctic Ice as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Insomnia as Ellie Burr
- 2001 · The Affair of the Necklace as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
- 2001 · The Concert for New York City as Self
- 2000 · The Gift as Valerie Barksdale
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena
- 1998 · Heartwood as Sylvia Orsini
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1997 · The Sleepwalker Killing as Lauren Schall
- 1997 · Leaving L.A. as Tiffany Roebuck
- 1997 · Dying to Belong as Lisa Connors
- 1997 · Quiet Days in Hollywood as Lolita
- 1996 · Kounterfeit as Colleen
- 1996 · Sometimes They Come Back... Again as Michelle Porter
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Terror in the Family as Deena Marten
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Julie Pierce
- 1994 · Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story as Patty Yaklich
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Camp Wilder as Danielle
- 1992 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Kimberly Hannah
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1991 · Harry and the Hendersons as Chelsea
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as Carly Reynolds
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1985 · Growing Pains as Sasha Serotsky
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- Future · N.A.R. as