Hilary Swank

Birthday:

07/30/1974

Place of birth:

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA:

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).



Credits

Ordinary Angels (2024)
Sharon Stevens
The Good Mother (2023)
Marissa Bennings
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021)
Self
Fatale (2020)
Detective Valerie Quinlan
Disclosure (2020)
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
The Hunt (2020)
Athena
I Am Mother (2019)
Woman
What They Had (2018)
Bridget
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya (2018)
Self (archive footage)
55 Steps (2018)
Colette Hughes
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double (2017)
Logan Lucky (2017)
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Spark: A Space Tail (2016)
The Queen (voice)
You're Not You (2014)
Kate
The Homesman (2014)
Mary Bee Cuddy
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
Self
Mary and Martha (2013)
Mary
New Year's Eve (2011)
Claire Morgan
The Resident (2011)
Juliet Devereau
Conviction (2010)
Betty Anne Waters
Amelia (2009)
Amelia Earhart
Birds of America (2008)
Laura
P.S. I Love You (2007)
Holly
The Reaping (2007)
Katherine
Freedom Writers (2007)
Erin Gruwell
...So Goes the Nation (2006)
Self
The Black Dahlia (2006)
Madeleine Linscott
On Native Soil (2006)
Narrator
A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)
Presenter
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Maggie Fitzgerald
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Alice Paul
Red Dust (2004)
Sarah Barcant
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Self
11:14 (2003)
Buzzy
The Core (2003)
Maj. Rebecca Childs
Under Antarctic Ice (2003)
Narrator
Insomnia (2002)
Ellie Burr
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
The Concert for New York City (2001)
Self
The Gift (2000)
Valerie Barksdale
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Brandon Teena
Heartwood (1998)
Sylvia Orsini
The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
Lauren Schall
Dying to Belong (1997)
Lisa Connors
Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997)
Lolita
Kounterfeit (1996)
Colleen
Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996)
Michelle Porter
Terror in the Family (1996)
Deena Marten
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Julie Pierce
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (1994)
Patty Yaklich
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Kimberly Hannah
N.A.R. ()
Black Dhalia ()
Madellein Linscott
The Good Mother (2023)
Executive Producer
Fatale (2020)
Producer
What They Had (2018)
Executive Producer
You're Not You (2014)
Producer
Something Borrowed (2011)
Producer
The Resident (2011)
Executive Producer
Conviction (2010)
Executive Producer
Freedom Writers (2007)
Executive Producer
Beautiful Ohio (2006)
Producer
11:14 (2003)
Executive Producer
N.A.R. ()
Executive Producer