1974-07-30 Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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).
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Clint Eastwood : la légende | Herself | 2025-05-23 |
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Ordinary Angels | Sharon Stevens | 2024-02-22 |
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The Good Mother | Marissa Bennings | 2023-08-31 |
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The Hunt | Athena | 2020-03-11 |
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Fatale | Det. Valerie Quinlan | 2020-12-18 |
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Disclosure | Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 |
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I Am Mother | Woman | 2019-06-07 |
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55 Steps | Colette Hughes | 2018-03-01 |
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Kadyrov, Ubu dictateur de Tchétchénie | Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-15 |
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What They Had | Bridget | 2018-10-19 |
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Logan Lucky | Special Agent Sarah Grayson | 2017-08-17 |
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Double Dutchess: Seeing Double | 2017-09-20 | |
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Spark: A Space Tail | The Queen (voice) | 2016-04-22 |
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The Homesman | Mary Bee Cuddy | 2014-05-18 |
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You're Not You | Kate | 2014-10-10 |
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
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Mary and Martha | Mary | 2013-03-01 |
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The Resident | Juliet Devereau | 2011-02-10 |
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New Year's Eve | Claire Morgan | 2011-12-08 |
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Conviction | Betty Anne Waters | 2010-10-15 |
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Amelia | Amelia Earhart | 2009-10-22 |
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Birds of America | Laura | 2008-10-09 |
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The Reaping | Katherine | 2007-04-05 |
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P.S. I Love You | Holly | 2007-11-15 |
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Freedom Writers | Erin Gruwell | 2007-01-05 |
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The Black Dahlia | Madeleine Linscott | 2006-09-15 |
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...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
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On Native Soil | Narrator (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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Iron Jawed Angels | Alice Paul | 2004-01-16 |
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Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald | 2004-12-05 |
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Red Dust | Sarah Barcant | 2004-01-11 |
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The Core | Maj. Rebecca Childs | 2003-03-28 |
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self | 2003-09-23 |
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Under Antarctic Ice | Narrator (voice) | 2003-01-12 |
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11:14 | Buzzy | 2003-09-05 |
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Insomnia | Ellie Burr | 2002-05-24 |
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The Affair of the Necklace | Jeanne St. Remy de Valois | 2001-11-30 |
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The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
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The Gift | Valerie Barksdale | 2000-03-16 |
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The Audition | 2000-12-09 | |
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Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena | 1999-09-02 |
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Heartwood | Sylvia Orsini | 1998-04-19 |
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The Sleepwalker Killing | Lauren Schall | 1997-04-28 |
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Dying to Belong | Lisa Connors | 1997-02-24 |
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Quiet Days in Hollywood | Lolita | 1997-01-01 |
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Sometimes They Come Back... Again | Michelle Porter | 1996-09-03 |
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Kounterfeit | Colleen | 1996-11-15 |
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Terror in the Family | Deena Marten | 1996-04-16 |
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The Next Karate Kid | Julie Pierce | 1994-07-18 |
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Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story | Patty Yaklich | 1994-02-01 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Kimberly Hannah | 1992-07-24 |
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