Tilda Swinton
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.
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.
Known for
The Room Next Door
Chroma
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
Fantasmas
Problemista
The Killer
All Kinds of Love
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Cannes Uncut
Asteroid City
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
The Eternal Daughter
Durmiente
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Ott torony volt
Three Thousand Years of Longing
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Goliath: Playing with Reality
The French Dispatch
The Souvenir: Part II
Memoria
What If...?
Marvel Studios Legends
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
The Human Voice
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Last and First Men
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Uncut Gems
The Boys
The Souvenir
The Dead Don't Die
Avengers: Endgame
What We Do in the Shadows
Suspiria
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Isle of Dogs
Call Me by Your Name
Letters from Generation Rx
Okja
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
War Machine
Letters from Baghdad
async - first light
Paterson
Doctor Strange
Hail, Caesar!
A Bigger Splash
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Trainwreck
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Dreams Rewired
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Gospel According to St Derek
Antarctica: On the Edge
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Zero Theorem
Death for a Unicorn
When Björk Met Attenborough
David Bowie: Five Years
One Water
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Love Flesh
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Radioman
Ashes
Moonrise Kingdom
Song 1
Here
Women, War & Peace
We Need to Talk About Kevin
14 Actors Acting
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Climate of Change
I Am Love
The Invisible Frame
Getting On
The Limits of Control
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Burn After Reading
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Julia
Derek
The New Ten Commandments
Cannes: All Access
Michael Clayton
The Man from London
Stephanie Daley
Faceless
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Strange Culture
Sleepwalkers
Deep Water
Galapagos
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Somme
Made in Hollywood
Thumbsucker
Broken Flowers
Constantine
The Statement
Young Adam
Adaptation.
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Teknolust
Vanilla Sky
The Deep End
The Dilapidated Dwelling
Possible Worlds
The Beach
The Protagonists
The War Zone
Conceiving Ada
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Female Perversions
The Daily Show
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Glitterbug
Visions of Heaven and Hell
The Open Universe
Blue
Wittgenstein
Orlando
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Man to Man
Edward II
The Party: Nature Morte
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Your Cheatin' Heart
The Garden
Play Me Something
War Requiem
A Call to Arms
Cycling the Frame
Degrees of Blindness
Aria
The Last of England
Friendship's Death
Depuis le Jour
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Caravaggio
Zastrozzi: A Romance
The Sluggard