Hilary Swank
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).
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
Ordinary Angels
The Good Mother
Alaska Daily
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Fatale
Away
Disclosure
The Hunt
The Kelly Clarkson Show
I Am Mother
The Masked Singer
What They Had
Explained
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
Trust
55 Steps
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Logan Lucky
Chelsea
Spark: A Space Tail
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
You're Not You
BoJack Horseman
The Homesman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Mary and Martha
New Year's Eve
Something Borrowed
The Resident
Conviction
Amelia
The Jay Leno Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Birds of America
P.S. I Love You
The Reaping
Freedom Writers
Beautiful Ohio
...So Goes the Nation
The Black Dahlia
On Native Soil
The Reichen Show
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Million Dollar Baby
Iron Jawed Angels
Red Dust
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
11:14
The Core
Punk'd
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Under Antarctic Ice
Insomnia
The Affair of the Necklace
The Concert for New York City
The Gift
The Early Show
Boys Don't Cry
Heartwood
The View
The Sleepwalker Killing
Leaving L.A.
Dying to Belong
Quiet Days in Hollywood
Kounterfeit
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
The Daily Show
Terror in the Family
The Next Karate Kid
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Camp Wilder
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Harry and the Hendersons
Beverly Hills, 90210
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Growing Pains
Wetten, dass..?
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Today
Bambi Awards