Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 30, 1974
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Credits
97 titles
Hilary Swank
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
Ordinary Angels
Sharon Stevens
The Good Mother
Marissa Bennings
Alaska Daily
Eileen Fitzgerald
Yellowjackets
Adult Melissa
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
Fatale
Det. Valerie Quinlan
Away
Emma Green
Disclosure
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
The Hunt
Athena
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
I Am Mother
Woman
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
The Masked Singer
Special Message (via video)
What They Had
Bridget
Explained
Narrator (voice)
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
Self (archive footage)
Trust
Gail Getty
55 Steps
Colette Hughes
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Logan Lucky
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Chelsea
Self
Spark: A Space Tail
The Queen (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
You're Not You
Kate
BoJack Horseman
Joey Pogo (voice)
The Homesman
Mary Bee Cuddy
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Mary and Martha
Mary
New Year's Eve
Claire Morgan
Something Borrowed
Producer
The Resident
Juliet Devereau
The Talk
Self
Conviction
Betty Anne Waters
Amelia
Amelia Earhart
The Jay Leno Show
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Birds of America
Laura
P.S. I Love You
Holly
The Reaping
Katherine
Freedom Writers
Erin Gruwell
Beautiful Ohio
Producer
...So Goes the Nation
Self
The Black Dahlia
Madeleine Linscott
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
The Reichen Show
Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Born to Fight
Self