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Hilary Swank

Born: 1974

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).
Known For Acting
Gender Female
Place of Birth Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Resources

Movies

Million Dollar Baby

Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby

Boys Don't Cry

Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry

Insomnia

Ellie Burr in Insomnia

The Gift

Valerie Barksdale in The Gift

Freedom Writers

Erin Gruwell in Freedom Writers

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Kimberly Hannah in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Reaping

Katherine in The Reaping

The Next Karate Kid

Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid

P.S. I Love You

Holly in P.S. I Love You

Amelia

Amelia Earhart in Amelia

11:14

Buzzy in 11:14

The Core

Maj. Rebecca Childs in The Core

The Black Dahlia

Madeleine Linscott in The Black Dahlia

Sometimes They Come Back... Again

Michelle Porter in Sometimes They Come Back... Again

Under Antarctic Ice

Narrator (voice) in Under Antarctic Ice

Red Dust

Sarah Barcant in Red Dust

Birds of America

Laura in Birds of America

New Year's Eve

Claire Morgan in New Year's Eve

Conviction

Betty Anne Waters in Conviction

Iron Jawed Angels

Alice Paul in Iron Jawed Angels

The Resident

Juliet Devereau in The Resident

The Affair of the Necklace

Jeanne St. Remy de Valois in The Affair of the Necklace

Dying to Belong

Lisa Connors in Dying to Belong

...So Goes the Nation

Self in ...So Goes the Nation

Kounterfeit

Colleen in Kounterfeit

Terror in the Family

Deena Marten in Terror in the Family

The Sleepwalker Killing

Lauren Schall in The Sleepwalker Killing

Quiet Days in Hollywood

Lolita in Quiet Days in Hollywood

Mary and Martha

Mary in Mary and Martha

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Self in Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Ordinary Angels

Sharon Stevens in Ordinary Angels

Disclosure

Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage) in Disclosure

The Homesman

Mary Bee Cuddy in The Homesman

The Good Mother

Marissa Bennings in The Good Mother

You're Not You

Kate in You're Not You

Heartwood

Sylvia Orsini in Heartwood

A Concert for Hurricane Relief

Self - Presenter in A Concert for Hurricane Relief

N.A.R.

in N.A.R.

Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

Patty Yaklich in Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

Spark: A Space Tail

The Queen (voice) in Spark: A Space Tail

On Native Soil

Narrator (voice) in On Native Soil

Logan Lucky

Special Agent Sarah Grayson in Logan Lucky

55 Steps

Colette Hughes in 55 Steps

What They Had

Bridget in What They Had

Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

in Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

I Am Mother

Woman in I Am Mother

The Concert for New York City

Self in The Concert for New York City

Fatale

Det. Valerie Quinlan in Fatale

The Hunt

Athena in The Hunt

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Self in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

Self (archive footage) in Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

TV Shows