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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Heart of Light: Eleven Songs For Fiji | 2026-01-31 | |
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Ballad of a Small Player | Cynthia Blithe | 2025-10-15 |
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Timeslip | 2025-09-25 | |
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Karl | Self | 2025-08-29 |
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Instant Coffee | Self | 2025-01-24 |
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Phantoms | 2025-09-28 | |
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The Tree | 2025-12-06 | |
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Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte | Self | 2025-12-08 |
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Broken English | The Overseer | 2025-08-29 |
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Camaraderie | 2025-09-28 | |
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La habitación de al lado | Martha / Michelle | 2024-10-07 |
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January Stories | 2024-10-02 | |
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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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发光的，万花筒般的 | 2024-07-21 | |
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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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Impulse: Playing with Reality | Narrator | 2024-11-15 |
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The End | Mother | 2024-12-06 |
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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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Some Thoughts On The Common Toad | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-17 |
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All Kinds of Love | Self | 2023-06-20 |
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Cannes Uncut | Self | 2023-06-12 |
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Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022-08-24 |
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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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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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Durmiente | 2022-11-10 | |
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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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Memoria | Jessica Holland | 2021-09-30 |
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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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The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode | Self | 2020-11-06 |
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The Human Voice | Woman | 2020-09-03 |
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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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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 Souvenir | Rosalind | 2019-05-17 |
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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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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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Tania Libre | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-14 |
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Okja | Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando | 2017-06-28 |
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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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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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Phantom of the Universe | Narrator | 2016-10-18 |
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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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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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A Bigger Splash | Marianne Lane | 2015-11-26 |
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Trainwreck | Dianna | 2015-07-17 |
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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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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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Antarctica: On the Edge | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-19 |
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Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen | Self | 2014-04-02 |
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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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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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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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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
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설국열차 | Mason | 2013-08-01 |
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Death for a Unicorn | Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-01 |
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Ashes | Self | 2012-05-19 |
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Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
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Song 1 | Self | 2012-03-22 |
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Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | 2012-05-16 |
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Cinema Is Everywhere | Self | 2011-10-22 |
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We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | 2011-09-28 |
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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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Climate of Change | Narrator (voice) | 2010-05-12 |
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Behind Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2010-09-01 |
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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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Derek | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-19 |
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The New Ten Commandments | Self | 2008-01-02 |
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DC Insiders Run Amuck | Self | 2008-12-21 |
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Finding the Burn | Self / Katie Cox (archive footage) | 2008-12-21 |
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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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A Londoni férfi | Camélia | 2008-09-24 |
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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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Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner | Self | 2007-02-16 |
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Bienvenue à Cannes | Self | 2007-10-27 |
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Faceless | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-20 |
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Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | 2007-09-28 |
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Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | 2007-02-09 |
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Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | 2007-04-20 |
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Hitler's Favourite Royal | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Sleepwalkers | Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk | 2007-01-16 |
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Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes | Self | 2006-01-24 |
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Deep Water | Narrator (voice) | 2006-12-15 |
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Constantine | Gabriel | 2005-02-08 |
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The Somme | Narrator (voice) | 2005-11-14 |
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Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | 2005-09-16 |
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Absent Presence | 2005-06-09 | |
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Broken Flowers | Penny | 2005-07-31 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | White Witch | 2005-12-07 |
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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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Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory | Self | 2002-10-10 |
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Adaptation. | Valerie Thomas | 2002-12-06 |
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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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The Dilapidated Dwelling | Narrator (voice) | 2000-10-06 |
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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 Protagonists | Actress | 1999-09-10 |
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Conceiving Ada | Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace | 1999-02-19 |
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The War Zone | Mum | 1999-06-11 |
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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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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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Glitterbug | Self | 1994-03-05 |
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Visions of Heaven and Hell | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-31 |
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Das offene Universum | Carla | 1993-10-16 |
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Blue | (voice) | 1993-08-19 |
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Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | 1993-03-26 |
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Orlando | Orlando | 1992-12-11 |
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Man to Man | Ella / Max Gerike | 1992-08-26 |
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Edward II | Isabella | 1991-09-11 |
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The Party: Nature Morte | Queenie | 1991-09-06 |
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait | Self | 1991-01-25 |
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Your Cheatin' Heart | 1990-10-11 | |
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The Garden | Madonna/Voice Overs | 1990-09-06 |
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War Requiem | The Nurse | 1989-01-06 |
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Volcano Saga | Gudrun | 1989-01-01 |
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A Call to Arms | 1989-01-01 | |
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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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The Last of England | The Maid | 1987-08-23 |
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Aria | Young Girl | 1987-05-27 |
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Friendship's Death | Friendship | 1987-08-17 |
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Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung | Sally | 1987-05-20 |
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Depuis le Jour | 1987-05-27 | |
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The Sluggard | The Sluggard | 1986-01-01 |
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Caprice | Lucky | 1986-06-15 |
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Caravaggio | Lena | 1986-08-29 |
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Death in Her Hands | Vesta Gul | |
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Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project | ||
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Hamlet | Ophelia | |
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Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream |
