1960-11-05 London, England, UK
Tilda Swinton (born Katherine Matilda Swinton; 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 filmmaker 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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Transparent | 2024-06-12 | |
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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 Hunt / Michelle Hunt | 2024-10-07 |
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The End | Mother | 2024-12-06 |
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Orbital: Glastonbury 2024 | Self | 2024-06-29 |
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发光的，万花筒般的 | 2024-07-21 | |
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Problemista | Elizabeth | 2024-03-01 |
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice) | 2024-10-18 |
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The Killer | The Expert | 2023-10-25 |
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Cannes Uncut | Self | 2023-06-12 |
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Some Thoughts On The Common Toad | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-17 |
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Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | 2023-06-08 |
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All Kinds of Love | Self | 2023-06-20 |
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Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022-08-24 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind | 2022-12-02 |
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Durmiente | 2022-11-10 | |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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The French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | 2021-10-21 |
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Goliath: Playing with Reality | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-01 |
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Memoria | Jessica Holland | 2021-09-30 |
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas | Self | 2021-12-10 |
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The Souvenir: Part II | Rosalind | 2021-10-11 |
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The Human Voice | Woman | 2020-09-03 |
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Last and First Men | Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-25 |
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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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Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien | Self (archive footage) | 2020-08-20 |
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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 Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 2019-11-07 |
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The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | 2019-05-15 |
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Avengers: Endgame | The Ancient One | 2019-04-24 |
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Suspiria | Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos | 2018-10-26 |
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Isle of Dogs | Oracle (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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async - first light | 2017-04-01 | |
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War Machine | German Politician | 2017-05-26 |
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Letters from Baghdad | Gertrude Bell (voice) | 2017-04-21 |
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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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Letters from Generation Rx | Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-18 |
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Tania Libre | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-14 |
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Hail, Caesar! | Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker | 2016-02-05 |
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Doctor Strange | The Ancient One | 2016-10-25 |
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Trainwreck | Dianna | 2015-07-17 |
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A Bigger Splash | Marianne Lane | 2015-11-26 |
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 | Self | 2015-02-05 |
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Dreams Rewired | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-01 |
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À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom | Self / Social Services | 2015-09-22 |
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Antarctica: On the Edge | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-19 |
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The Gospel According to St Derek | Self | 2014-10-20 |
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Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen | Self | 2014-04-02 |
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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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Death for a Unicorn | Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-01 |
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When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator (voice) | 2013-07-26 |
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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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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
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The Stars (Are Out Tonight) | 2013-02-25 | |
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Snowpiercer | Minister Mason | 2013-08-01 |
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Amore carne | Self | 2013-02-06 |
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The Zero Theorem | Dr. Shrink-Rom | 2013-09-20 |
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Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | 2013-12-12 |
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Song 1 | Self | 2012-03-22 |
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Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
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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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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | White Witch | 2010-12-02 |
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Climate of Change | Narrator (voice) | 2010-05-12 |
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14 Actors Acting | Self | 2010-12-08 |
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Behind Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2010-09-01 |
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Io sono l'amore | Emma Recchi | 2010-03-19 |
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Moments on the Set of I Am Love | Self | 2009-01-01 |
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The Invisible Frame | The Cyclist | 2009-11-12 |
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The Limits of Control | Blonde | 2009-05-01 |
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Julia | Julia | 2008-03-12 |
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Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | 2008-09-05 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | White Witch | 2008-05-15 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | 2008-12-25 |
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Derek | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-19 |
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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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A Londoni férfi | Camélia | 2007-05-23 |
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Faceless | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-20 |
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Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | 2007-04-20 |
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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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Deep Water | Narrator (voice) | 2006-12-15 |
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Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes | Self | 2006-01-24 |
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Broken Flowers | Penny | 2005-07-31 |
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Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | 2005-09-16 |
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Constantine | Gabriel | 2005-02-08 |
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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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Teknolust | Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive | 2002-01-10 |
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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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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 | 1997-04-25 |
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Visions of Heaven and Hell | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-31 |
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Glitterbug | Self | 1994-03-05 |
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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies | 1994-05-01 | |
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Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | 1993-03-26 |
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Blue | (voice) | 1993-08-19 |
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Das offene Universum | Carla | 1993-10-16 |
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Man to Man | Ella / Max Gerike | 1992-08-26 |
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Orlando | Orlando | 1992-12-11 |
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait | Self | 1991-01-25 |
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Edward II | Isabella | 1991-10-18 |
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The Party: Nature Morte | Queenie | 1991-09-06 |
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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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A Call to Arms | 1989-01-01 | |
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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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Cycling the Frame | The Cyclist | 1988-08-30 |
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Degrees of Blindness | 1988-01-01 | |
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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 | 1987-09-15 |
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Depuis le Jour | 1987-05-27 | |
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Caprice | Lucky | 1986-01-01 |
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The Sluggard | The Sluggard | 1986-01-01 |
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Caravaggio | Lena | 1986-08-29 |
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Sleep Song | ||
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January Stories (version Harinezumi) | ||
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Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Project | ||
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The Ballad of a Small Player |
