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 | 2025-08-29 |
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Instant Coffee | Self | 2025-01-24 |
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Karl | Self | 2025-08-29 |
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Recipes for Phantoms | Herself | 2025-09-29 |
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Ballad of a Small Player | Cynthia Blithe | 2025-10-15 |
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Camaraderie | 2025-09-28 | |
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Phantoms | 2025-09-28 | |
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Transparent | 2024-06-12 | |
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The End | Mother | 2024-12-06 |
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The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze | Self | 2024-06-13 |
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January Stories (version Harinezumi) | 2024-10-02 | |
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La habitación de al lado | Martha / Michelle | 2024-10-07 |
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Problemista | Elizabeth | 2024-03-01 |
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Impulse: Playing with Reality | Narrator | 2024-11-15 |
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发光的，万花筒般的 | 2024-07-21 | |
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice) | 2024-10-18 |
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Cannes Uncut | Self | 2023-06-12 |
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The Killer | The Expert | 2023-10-25 |
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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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Some Thoughts On The Common Toad | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-17 |
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Durmiente | 2022-11-10 | |
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The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind | 2022-12-02 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022-08-24 |
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Sleep Song | 2022-01-01 | |
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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 French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | 2021-10-21 |
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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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Last and First Men | Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-25 |
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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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The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode | Self | 2020-11-06 |
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Avengers: Endgame | The Ancient One | 2019-04-24 |
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The Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 2019-11-07 |
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Uncut Gems | Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice) | 2019-08-30 |
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The Souvenir | Rosalind | 2019-05-17 |
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The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | 2019-05-15 |
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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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Tania Libre | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-14 |
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async - first light | 2017-04-01 | |
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Letters from Generation Rx | Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-18 |
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | Self | 2017-06-23 |
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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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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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Trainwreck | Dianna | 2015-07-17 |
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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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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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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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Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2014-04-22 |
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Antarctica: On the Edge | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-19 |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | Madame D. | 2014-02-26 |
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The Stars (Are Out Tonight) | 2013-02-25 | |
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When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator (voice) | 2013-07-26 |
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Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | 2013-12-12 |
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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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David Bowie: Five Years | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-25 |
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설국열차 | Mason | 2013-08-01 |
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One Water | 2013-04-05 | |
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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
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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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Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | 2012-05-16 |
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Song 1 | Self | 2012-03-22 |
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Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
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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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Behind Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2010-09-01 |
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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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The Limits of Control | Blonde | 2009-05-01 |
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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 Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | 2008-12-25 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | White Witch | 2008-05-15 |
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Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | 2008-09-05 |
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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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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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Derek | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-19 |
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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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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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Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | 2007-09-28 |
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Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | 2007-04-20 |
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Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner | Self | 2007-02-16 |
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Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | 2007-02-09 |
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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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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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Broken Flowers | Penny | 2005-07-31 |
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Constantine | Gabriel | 2005-02-08 |
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Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | 2005-09-16 |
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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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The Deep End | Margaret Hall | 2001-01-21 |
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Vanilla Sky | Rebecca Dearborn | 2001-12-14 |
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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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Tod eines Weltstars | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-06-01 |
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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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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies | 1994-05-01 | |
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Blue | (voice) | 1993-08-19 |
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Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | 1993-03-26 |
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Das offene Universum | Carla | 1993-10-16 |
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Hamlet | Ophelia | 1992-12-07 |
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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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The Party: Nature Morte | Queenie | 1991-09-06 |
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait | Self | 1991-01-25 |
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Edward II | Isabella | 1991-09-11 |
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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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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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Depuis le Jour | 1987-05-27 | |
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Friendship's Death | Friendship | 1987-08-17 |
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Aria | Young Girl | 1987-05-27 |
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Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung | Sally | 1987-05-20 |
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The Last of England | The Maid | 1987-08-23 |
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Caprice | Lucky | 1986-06-15 |
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The Sluggard | The Sluggard | 1986-01-01 |
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Caravaggio | Lena | 1986-08-29 |
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Death in Her Hands | Vesta Gul | |
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Hamlet | Ophelia | |
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Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project | ||
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WOLF | ||
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Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream |
