Hilary Swank
Born July 30, 1974 (Age: 51)
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Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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).
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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Filmography
Ordinary Angels
2024
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as Sharon Stevens
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Age: 49
The Good Mother
2023
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as Marissa Bennings
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Age: 49
The Hunt
2020
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as Athena
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Age: 45
I Am Mother
2019
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as Woman
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Age: 44
Logan Lucky
2017
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as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
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Age: 43
Spark: A Space Tail
2016
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as The Queen (voice)
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Age: 41
You're Not You
2014
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as Kate
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Age: 40
The Homesman
2014
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as Mary Bee Cuddy
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Age: 39
New Year's Eve
2011
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as Claire Morgan
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Age: 37
Conviction
2010
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as Betty Anne Waters
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Age: 36
Amelia
2009
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as Amelia Earhart
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Age: 35
Birds of America
2008
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as Laura
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Age: 34
P.S. I Love You
2007
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as Holly
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Age: 33
The Reaping
2007
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as Katherine
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Age: 32
Freedom Writers
2007
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as Erin Gruwell
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Age: 32
...So Goes the Nation
2006
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as Self
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Age: 32
The Black Dahlia
2006
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as Madeleine Linscott
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Age: 32
Born to Fight
2005
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as Self
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Age: 30
No Image
James Lipton Takes on Three
2005
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as Self
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Age: 30
Million Dollar Baby
2004
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as Maggie Fitzgerald
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Age: 30
The Core
2003
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as Maj. Rebecca Childs
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Age: 28
Insomnia
2002
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as Ellie Burr
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Age: 27
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
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as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
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Age: 27
The Gift
2000
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as Valerie Barksdale
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Age: 26
The Audition
2000
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Age: 26
Boys Don't Cry
1999
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as Brandon Teena
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Age: 25
Heartwood
1998
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as Sylvia Orsini
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Age: 23
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
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as Lauren Schall
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Age: 22
Dying to Belong
1997
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as Lisa Connors
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Age: 22
Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997
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as Lolita
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Age: 22
Kounterfeit
1996
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as Colleen
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Age: 22
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996
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as Michelle Porter
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Age: 22
Terror in the Family
1996
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as Deena Marten
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Age: 21
The Next Karate Kid
1994
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as Julie Pierce
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Age: 19
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
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as Kimberly Hannah
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Age: 17