Tilda Swinton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-11-05 (64 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 Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Boys

    The Boys

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • What If...?

    What If...?

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

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

  • What We Do in the Shadows

    What We Do in the Shadows

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

  • Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange

  • Constantine

    Constantine

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

  • The Killer

    The Killer

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • The Room Next Door

    The Room Next Door

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

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

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

  • Ballad of a Small Player

    Ballad of a Small Player

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

    We Need to Talk About Kevin

  • Three Thousand Years of Longing

    Three Thousand Years of Longing

  • The Human Voice

    The Human Voice

  • Uncut Gems

    Uncut Gems

  • The Dead Don't Die

    The Dead Don't Die

  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

  • Memoria

    Memoria

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

    A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

  • Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar!

  • Trainwreck

    Trainwreck

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

  • Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

  • Orlando

    Orlando

  • The French Dispatch

    The French Dispatch

  • Only Lovers Left Alive

    Only Lovers Left Alive

  • The Last of England

    The Last of England

  • David Bowie: Five Years

    David Bowie: Five Years

  • Moonrise Kingdom

    Moonrise Kingdom

  • The Limits of Control

    The Limits of Control

  • The Dilapidated Dwelling

    The Dilapidated Dwelling

  • War Requiem

    War Requiem

  • The Beach

    The Beach

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • The Souvenir: Part II

    The Souvenir: Part II

  • Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

  • Burn After Reading

    Burn After Reading

  • The End

    The End

  • Wittgenstein

    Wittgenstein

  • The Souvenir

    The Souvenir

  • Okja

    Okja

  • async - first light

    async - first light

  • Glitterbug

    Glitterbug

  • Possible Worlds

    Possible Worlds

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Aria

    Aria

  • Strange Culture

    Strange Culture

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

    The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

  • The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

    The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Blue

    Blue

  • Fantasmas

    Fantasmas

  • The Deep End

    The Deep End

  • Moments on the Set of I Am Love

    Moments on the Set of I Am Love

  • The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem

  • The Garden

    The Garden

  • One Water

    One Water

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

  • Edward II

    Edward II

  • Cinema Is Everywhere

    Cinema Is Everywhere

  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

  • Broken Flowers

    Broken Flowers

  • Problemista

    Problemista

  • Derek Jarman: A Portrait

    Derek Jarman: A Portrait

  • Behind Jim Jarmusch

    Behind Jim Jarmusch

  • Ashes

    Ashes

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield

    The Personal History of David Copperfield

  • The Invisible Frame

    The Invisible Frame

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • Radioman

    Radioman

  • 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

  • Visions of Heaven and Hell

    Visions of Heaven and Hell

  • Last and First Men

    Last and First Men

  • Stephanie Daley

    Stephanie Daley

  • The Eternal Daughter

    The Eternal Daughter

  • Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

    Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

  • Young Adam

    Young Adam

  • Egomania: Island Without Hope

    Egomania: Island Without Hope

  • Karl

    Karl

  • Song 1

    Song 1

  • Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

  • Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

    Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

  • A Bigger Splash

    A Bigger Splash

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Death of a World Star

    Death of a World Star

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Deep Water

    Deep Water

  • Durmiente

    Durmiente

  • The Protagonists

    The Protagonists

  • Volcano Saga

    Volcano Saga

  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

  • Thumbsucker

    Thumbsucker

  • Death in Her Hands

    Death in Her Hands

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • Depuis le Jour

    Depuis le Jour

  • The Man from London

    The Man from London

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • I Am Love

    I Am Love

  • Conceiving Ada

    Conceiving Ada

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • Caprice

    Caprice

  • The Party: Nature Morte

    The Party: Nature Morte

  • Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

    Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

  • Cannes Uncut

    Cannes Uncut

  • Teknolust

    Teknolust

  • Sleep Song

    Sleep Song

  • Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

  • The War Zone

    The War Zone

  • January Stories (version Harinezumi)

    January Stories (version Harinezumi)

  • The Somme

    The Somme

  • Galapagos

    Galapagos

  • Phantoms

    Phantoms

  • Letters from Baghdad

    Letters from Baghdad

  • Zastrozzi: A Romance

    Zastrozzi: A Romance

  • The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

  • Derek

    Derek

  • Women, War & Peace

    Women, War & Peace

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

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

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

  • Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

  • Love Flesh

    Love Flesh

  • The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

  • The Gospel According to St Derek

    The Gospel According to St Derek

  • Recipes for Phantoms

    Recipes for Phantoms

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

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

  • Friendship's Death

    Friendship's Death

  • Cannes: All Access

    Cannes: All Access

  • DC Insiders Run Amuck

    DC Insiders Run Amuck

  • Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

    Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

  • Letters from Generation Rx

    Letters from Generation Rx

  • Tania Libre

    Tania Libre

  • Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory

    Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory

  • The Open Universe

    The Open Universe

  • Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

    Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

  • When Björk Met Attenborough

    When Björk Met Attenborough

  • Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

    Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • Camaraderie

    Camaraderie

  • Antarctica: On the Edge

    Antarctica: On the Edge

  • Death for a Unicorn

    Death for a Unicorn

  • Phantom of the Universe

    Phantom of the Universe

  • All Kinds of Love

    All Kinds of Love

  • Impulse: Playing with Reality

    Impulse: Playing with Reality

  • Transparent

    Transparent

  • Finding the Burn

    Finding the Burn

  • WOLF

    WOLF

  • Cycling the Frame

    Cycling the Frame

  • Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

    Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

  • Degrees of Blindness

    Degrees of Blindness

  • The New Ten Commandments

    The New Ten Commandments

  • Chroma

    Chroma

  • The Sluggard

    The Sluggard

  • Hitler's Favourite Royal

    Hitler's Favourite Royal

  • Dreams Rewired

    Dreams Rewired

  • Man to Man

    Man to Man

  • Instant Coffee

    Instant Coffee

  • Faceless

    Faceless

  • A Call to Arms

    A Call to Arms

  • Climate of Change

    Climate of Change

  • Goliath: Playing with Reality

    Goliath: Playing with Reality