1960-11-05 London, England, UK
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 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 film-maker 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.
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Broken English | The Overseer | 2026-01-22 |
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Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji | 2026-09-10 | |
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WOLF | Narrator (voice) | 2026-06-11 |
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A Flower of Forgetfulness | 2026-05-08 | |
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Camaraderie | 2025-09-28 | |
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Karl | Self | 2025-08-29 |
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Phantoms | 2025-09-28 | |
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Ballad of a Small Player | Cynthia Blithe | 2025-10-15 |
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Instant Coffee | Self | 2025-01-24 |
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Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte | Self | 2025-12-08 |
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Flat 19 | 2025-11-11 | |
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Timeslip | 2025-09-25 | |
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The Tree | 2025-12-06 | |
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Problemista | Elizabeth | 2024-03-01 |
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Transparent | 2024-06-12 | |
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发光的，万花筒般的 | 2024-07-21 | |
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January Stories | 2024-10-02 | |
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The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze | Self | 2024-06-13 |
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La habitación de al lado | Martha / Michelle | 2024-10-07 |
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice) | 2024-10-18 |
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Obertura | The Gardenerette | 2024-09-11 |
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Impulse: Playing with Reality | Narrator | 2024-11-15 |
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The End | Mother | 2024-12-06 |
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Some Thoughts On The Common Toad | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-17 |
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Cannes Uncut | Self | 2023-06-12 |
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All Kinds of Love | Self | 2023-06-20 |
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Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | 2023-06-08 |
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The Killer | The Expert | 2023-10-25 |
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Personal History | 2023-10-04 | |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind | 2022-12-02 |
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Sleep Song | 2022-01-01 | |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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Durmiente | 2022-11-10 | |
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Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022-08-24 |
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | J.K.L. Berensen | 2021-10-21 |
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The Souvenir: Part II | Rosalind | 2021-10-11 |
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Goliath: Playing with Reality | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-01 |
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas | Self | 2021-12-10 |
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Memoria | Jessica Holland | 2021-09-30 |
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Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien | Self (archive footage) | 2020-08-20 |
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Last and First Men | Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-25 |
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The Human Voice | Woman | 2020-09-03 |
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The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode | Self | 2020-11-06 |
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The Souvenir | Rosalind | 2019-05-17 |
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Uncut Gems | Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice) | 2019-08-30 |
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The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | 2019-05-15 |
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The Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 2019-11-07 |
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Avengers: Endgame | The Ancient One | 2019-04-24 |
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Isle of Dogs | Oracle (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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Suspiria | Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos | 2018-10-26 |
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Okja | Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando | 2017-06-28 |
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | Self | 2017-06-23 |
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async - first light | 2017-04-01 | |
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Tania Libre | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-14 |
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Letters from Baghdad | Gertrude Bell (voice) | 2017-04-21 |
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War Machine | German Politician | 2017-05-26 |
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Letters from Generation Rx | Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-18 |
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Hail, Caesar! | Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker | 2016-02-05 |
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Phantom of the Universe | Narrator | 2016-10-18 |
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Doctor Strange | The Ancient One | 2016-10-25 |
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Dreams Rewired | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-01 |
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Trainwreck | Dianna | 2015-07-17 |
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À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom | Self / Social Services | 2015-09-22 |
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Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. | Self | 2015-09-22 |
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 | Self | 2015-02-05 |
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A Bigger Splash | Marianne Lane | 2015-11-26 |
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Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen | Self | 2014-04-02 |
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The Gospel According to St Derek | Self | 2014-10-20 |
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Hot Dollar | 2014-01-23 | |
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Antarctica: On the Edge | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-19 |
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Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2014-04-22 |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | Madame D. | 2014-02-26 |
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Tilda in de Menil Land | 2014-11-24 | |
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One Water | 2013-04-05 | |
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David Bowie: Five Years | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-25 |
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When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator (voice) | 2013-07-26 |
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The Stars (Are Out Tonight) | 2013-02-25 | |
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Death for a Unicorn | Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-01 |
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The Zero Theorem | Dr. Shrink-Rom | 2013-09-20 |
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설국열차 | Mason | 2013-08-01 |
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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
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Amore carne | Self | 2013-02-06 |
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Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | 2013-12-12 |
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Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
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Song 1 | Self | 2012-03-22 |
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Ashes | Self | 2012-05-19 |
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Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | 2012-05-16 |
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We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | 2011-09-28 |
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Cinema Is Everywhere | Self | 2011-10-22 |
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Planet Tilda | 2011-11-17 | |
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Behind Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2010-09-01 |
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Climate of Change | Narrator (voice) | 2010-05-12 |
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Orlando In Uzbekistan | Self | 2010-08-17 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | White Witch | 2010-12-02 |
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Io sono l'amore | Emma Recchi | 2010-03-19 |
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The Limits of Control | Blonde | 2009-05-01 |
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The Invisible Frame | The Cyclist | 2009-11-12 |
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Moments on the Set of I Am Love | Self | 2009-01-01 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | 2008-12-25 |
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Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | 2008-09-05 |
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A Londoni férfi | Camélia | 2008-09-24 |
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The New Ten Commandments | Self | 2008-01-02 |
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Julia | Julia | 2008-03-12 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | White Witch | 2008-05-15 |
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DC Insiders Run Amuck | Self | 2008-12-21 |
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Derek | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-19 |
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Finding the Burn | Self / Katie Cox (archive footage) | 2008-12-21 |
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Faceless | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-20 |
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Bienvenue à Cannes | Self | 2007-10-27 |
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Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | 2007-09-28 |
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Sleepwalkers | Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk | 2007-01-16 |
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Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | 2007-02-09 |
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Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner | Self | 2007-02-16 |
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Hitler's Favourite Royal | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | 2007-04-20 |
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Deep Water | Narrator (voice) | 2006-12-15 |
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Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes | Self | 2006-01-24 |
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Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | 2005-09-16 |
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Constantine | Gabriel | 2005-02-08 |
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Broken Flowers | Penny | 2005-07-31 |
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Absent Presence | 2005-06-09 | |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | White Witch | 2005-12-07 |
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The Somme | Narrator (voice) | 2005-11-14 |
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Young Adam | Ella Gault | 2003-09-26 |
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The Statement | Annemarie Livi | 2003-12-12 |
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Adaptation. | Valerie Thomas | 2002-12-06 |
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Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory | Self | 2002-10-10 |
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Teknolust | Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive | 2002-01-10 |
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Vanilla Sky | Rebecca Dearborn | 2001-12-14 |
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The Deep End | Margaret Hall | 2001-01-21 |
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Possible Worlds | Joyce | 2000-09-04 |
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The Beach | Sal | 2000-02-03 |
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The Dilapidated Dwelling | Narrator (voice) | 2000-10-06 |
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The War Zone | Mum | 1999-06-11 |
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Conceiving Ada | Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace | 1999-02-19 |
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The Protagonists | Actress | 1999-09-10 |
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Muriel Belcher | 1998-09-16 |
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Female Perversions | Evelyn Stephens | 1996-11-21 |
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Glitterbug | Self | 1994-03-05 |
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Tod eines Weltstars | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-06-01 |
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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies | 1994-05-01 | |
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Visions of Heaven and Hell | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-31 |
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Blue | (voice) | 1993-08-19 |
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Das offene Universum | Carla | 1993-10-16 |
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Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | 1993-03-26 |
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Man to Man | Ella / Max Gerike | 1992-08-26 |
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Hamlet | Ophelia | 1992-12-07 |
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Orlando | Orlando | 1992-12-11 |
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The Party: Nature Morte | Queenie | 1991-09-06 |
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Edward II | Isabella | 1991-09-11 |
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait | Self | 1991-01-25 |
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The Garden | Madonna/Voice Overs | 1990-09-06 |
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Your Cheatin' Heart | 1990-10-11 | |
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Volcano Saga | Gudrun | 1989-01-01 |
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War Requiem | The Nurse | 1989-01-06 |
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Play Me Something | Hairdresser | 1989-02-18 |
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A Call to Arms | 1989-01-01 | |
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Cycling the Frame | The Cyclist | 1988-08-30 |
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Degrees of Blindness | 1988-01-01 | |
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Depuis le Jour | 1987-05-27 | |
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Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung | Sally | 1987-05-20 |
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Friendship's Death | Friendship | 1987-08-17 |
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The Last of England | The Maid | 1987-08-23 |
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Aria | Young Girl | 1987-05-27 |
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Caravaggio | Lena | 1986-08-29 |
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The Sluggard | The Sluggard | 1986-01-01 |
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Caprice | Lucky | 1986-06-15 |
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Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream | ||
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Death in Her Hands | Vesta Gul | |
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Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project |
