Tilda Swinton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

178

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-11-05 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Tilda Swinton

Biography

Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 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 film-maker 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 Boys

    The Boys

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

  • What We Do in the Shadows

    What We Do in the Shadows

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange

  • Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • The Killer

    The Killer

  • Constantine

    Constantine

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  • Ballad of a Small Player

    Ballad of a Small Player

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

  • The End

    The End

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • Uncut Gems

    Uncut Gems

  • Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

    Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

  • War Requiem

    War Requiem

  • Three Thousand Years of Longing

    Three Thousand Years of Longing

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

  • The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode

    The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

    We Need to Talk About Kevin

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • Karl

    Karl

  • Only Lovers Left Alive

    Only Lovers Left Alive

  • Edward II

    Edward II

  • The Souvenir

    The Souvenir

  • The Beach

    The Beach

  • Moonrise Kingdom

    Moonrise Kingdom

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Blue

    Blue

  • Ashes

    Ashes

  • Burn After Reading

    Burn After Reading

  • Conceiving Ada

    Conceiving Ada

  • Wittgenstein

    Wittgenstein

  • Caprice

    Caprice

  • Julia

    Julia

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield

    The Personal History of David Copperfield

  • Okja

    Okja

  • Fantasmas

    Fantasmas

  • Trainwreck

    Trainwreck

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

  • Durmiente

    Durmiente

  • The Dead Don't Die

    The Dead Don't Die

  • The Room Next Door

    The Room Next Door

  • Young Adam

    Young Adam

  • Phantoms

    Phantoms

  • One Water

    One Water

  • Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

  • Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar!

  • Broken Flowers

    Broken Flowers

  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Cannes Uncut

    Cannes Uncut

  • The Limits of Control

    The Limits of Control

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • Sleep Song

    Sleep Song

  • Radioman

    Radioman

  • Teknolust

    Teknolust

  • The Somme

    The Somme

  • The Garden

    The Garden

  • Orlando

    Orlando

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

  • The War Zone

    The War Zone

  • Glitterbug

    Glitterbug

  • Song 1

    Song 1

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • A Bigger Splash

    A Bigger Splash

  • Stephanie Daley

    Stephanie Daley

  • I Am Love

    I Am Love

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Problemista

    Problemista

  • The Deep End

    The Deep End

  • The Souvenir: Part II

    The Souvenir: Part II

  • The Man from London

    The Man from London

  • The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem

  • David Bowie: Five Years

    David Bowie: Five Years

  • Derek

    Derek

  • Egomania: Island Without Hope

    Egomania: Island Without Hope

  • The Human Voice

    The Human Voice

  • Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

  • Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

    Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

  • Aria

    Aria

  • Last and First Men

    Last and First Men

  • Deep Water

    Deep Water

  • The Eternal Daughter

    The Eternal Daughter

  • Visions of Heaven and Hell

    Visions of Heaven and Hell

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

  • Volcano Saga

    Volcano Saga

  • Memoria

    Memoria

  • async - first light

    async - first light

  • The Last of England

    The Last of England

  • Cinema Is Everywhere

    Cinema Is Everywhere

  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

    Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

  • The Invisible Frame

    The Invisible Frame

  • A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

    A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

  • Derek Jarman: A Portrait

    Derek Jarman: A Portrait

  • The Party: Nature Morte

    The Party: Nature Morte

  • Camaraderie

    Camaraderie

  • Galapagos

    Galapagos

  • Recipes for Phantoms

    Recipes for Phantoms

  • The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

    The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

  • The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

    The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989

    B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989

  • Death of a World Star

    Death of a World Star

  • Letters from Baghdad

    Letters from Baghdad

  • Moments on the Set of I Am Love

    Moments on the Set of I Am Love

  • Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

  • Behind Jim Jarmusch

    Behind Jim Jarmusch

  • January Stories (version Harinezumi)

    January Stories (version Harinezumi)

  • The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

  • Friendship's Death

    Friendship's Death

  • Love Flesh

    Love Flesh

  • Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

  • Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

    Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

  • The Dilapidated Dwelling

    The Dilapidated Dwelling

  • The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

  • Thumbsucker

    Thumbsucker

  • Death in Her Hands

    Death in Her Hands

  • Zastrozzi: A Romance

    Zastrozzi: A Romance

  • Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory

    Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory

  • Women, War & Peace

    Women, War & Peace

  • Man to Man

    Man to Man

  • Antarctica: On the Edge

    Antarctica: On the Edge

  • Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

    Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

  • A Call to Arms

    A Call to Arms

  • Strange Culture

    Strange Culture

  • Tania Libre

    Tania Libre

  • Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

    Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

  • The Protagonists

    The Protagonists

  • Cycling the Frame

    Cycling the Frame

  • Cannes: All Access

    Cannes: All Access

  • Possible Worlds

    Possible Worlds

  • The Open Universe

    The Open Universe

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • The New Ten Commandments

    The New Ten Commandments

  • Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

    Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

  • Chroma

    Chroma

  • DC Insiders Run Amuck

    DC Insiders Run Amuck

  • Finding the Burn

    Finding the Burn

  • Dreams Rewired

    Dreams Rewired

  • The Gospel According to St Derek

    The Gospel According to St Derek

  • Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

    Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

  • Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

    Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

  • All Kinds of Love

    All Kinds of Love

  • Faceless

    Faceless

  • Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

    Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

  • Death for a Unicorn

    Death for a Unicorn

  • Degrees of Blindness

    Degrees of Blindness

  • Climate of Change

    Climate of Change

  • Depuis le Jour

    Depuis le Jour

  • Letters from Generation Rx

    Letters from Generation Rx

  • When Björk Met Attenborough

    When Björk Met Attenborough

  • Hitler's Favourite Royal

    Hitler's Favourite Royal

  • The Sluggard

    The Sluggard

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • Phantom of the Universe

    Phantom of the Universe

  • Transparent

    Transparent

  • Instant Coffee

    Instant Coffee

  • WOLF

    WOLF

  • Impulse: Playing with Reality

    Impulse: Playing with Reality

  • Goliath: Playing with Reality

    Goliath: Playing with Reality

  • The Tree

    The Tree