Hilary Swank
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
Maggie Fitzgerald
Million Dollar Baby
Brandon Teena
Boys Don't Cry
Ellie Burr
Insomnia
Valerie Barksdale
The Gift
Erin Gruwell
Freedom Writers
Kimberly Hannah
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Katherine
The Reaping
Julie Pierce
The Next Karate Kid
Holly
P.S. I Love You
Amelia Earhart
Amelia
Buzzy
11:14
Maj. Rebecca Childs
The Core
Madeleine Linscott
The Black Dahlia
Michelle Porter
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Narrator (voice)
Under Antarctic Ice
Sarah Barcant
Red Dust
Laura
Birds of America
Claire Morgan
New Year's Eve
Betty Anne Waters
Conviction
Alice Paul
Iron Jawed Angels
Juliet Devereau
The Resident
Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
The Affair of the Necklace
Lisa Connors
Dying to Belong
Self
...So Goes the Nation
Colleen
Kounterfeit
Deena Marten
Terror in the Family
Lauren Schall
The Sleepwalker Killing
Lolita
Quiet Days in Hollywood
Mary
Mary and Martha
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Sharon Stevens
Ordinary Angels
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
Mary Bee Cuddy
The Homesman
Marissa Bennings
The Good Mother
Kate
You're Not You
Sylvia Orsini
Heartwood
Self - Presenter
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
N.A.R.
Patty Yaklich
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
The Queen (voice)
Spark: A Space Tail
Narrator (voice)
On Native Soil
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Logan Lucky
Colette Hughes
55 Steps
Bridget
What They Had
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Woman
I Am Mother
Self
The Concert for New York City
Det. Valerie Quinlan
Fatale
Athena
The Hunt
Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self (archive footage)
Kadyrov, Ubu dictateur de Tchétchénie
The Audition
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
52
Gender
Female
Birthday
1974-07-30
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
힐러리 스웽크