Tilda Swinton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

185

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 Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Boys

    The Boys

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • What We Do in the Shadows

    What We Do in the Shadows

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

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

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange

  • Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

  • Constantine

    Constantine

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  • Stephanie Daley

    Stephanie Daley

  • Teknolust

    Teknolust

  • The Killer

    The Killer

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • Karl

    Karl

  • Blue

    Blue

  • Uncut Gems

    Uncut Gems

  • Durmiente

    Durmiente

  • Sleep Song

    Sleep Song

  • Three Thousand Years of Longing

    Three Thousand Years of Longing

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • 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 French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Radioman

    Radioman

  • Ashes

    Ashes

  • Fantasmas

    Fantasmas

  • Conceiving Ada

    Conceiving Ada

  • Derek Jarman: A Portrait

    Derek Jarman: A Portrait

  • Derek

    Derek

  • Glitterbug

    Glitterbug

  • The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem

  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

  • Burn After Reading

    Burn After Reading

  • Caprice

    Caprice

  • The Beach

    The Beach

  • Song 1

    Song 1

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • Moonrise Kingdom

    Moonrise Kingdom

  • Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar!

  • The Somme

    The Somme

  • Trainwreck

    Trainwreck

  • The Souvenir: Part II

    The Souvenir: Part II

  • The Souvenir

    The Souvenir

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

    We Need to Talk About Kevin

  • Phantoms

    Phantoms

  • The Dead Don't Die

    The Dead Don't Die

  • Ballad of a Small Player

    Ballad of a Small Player

  • Okja

    Okja

  • Tania Libre

    Tania Libre

  • Death in Her Hands

    Death in Her Hands

  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

  • Thumbsucker

    Thumbsucker

  • Cannes: All Access

    Cannes: All Access

  • Cannes Uncut

    Cannes Uncut

  • Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

  • The Room Next Door

    The Room Next Door

  • Behind Jim Jarmusch

    Behind Jim Jarmusch

  • Love Flesh

    Love Flesh

  • Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Wittgenstein

    Wittgenstein

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • A Bigger Splash

    A Bigger Splash

  • The End

    The End

  • Broken Flowers

    Broken Flowers

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Only Lovers Left Alive

    Only Lovers Left Alive

  • Death of a World Star

    Death of a World Star

  • Orlando

    Orlando

  • Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

    Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

  • Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory

    Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory

  • The War Zone

    The War Zone

  • Galapagos

    Galapagos

  • Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

  • Deep Water

    Deep Water

  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

  • Memoria

    Memoria

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield

    The Personal History of David Copperfield

  • The Limits of Control

    The Limits of Control

  • Getting On

    Getting On

  • The Deep End

    The Deep End

  • The Eternal Daughter

    The Eternal Daughter

  • Young Adam

    Young Adam

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Aria

    Aria

  • The Man from London

    The Man from London

  • Problemista

    Problemista

  • Women, War & Peace

    Women, War & Peace

  • I Am Love

    I Am Love

  • The Human Voice

    The Human Voice

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

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

  • The Protagonists

    The Protagonists

  • Last and First Men

    Last and First Men

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • Edward II

    Edward II

  • Egomania: Island Without Hope

    Egomania: Island Without Hope

  • Camaraderie

    Camaraderie

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

  • All Kinds of Love

    All Kinds of Love

  • Zastrozzi: A Romance

    Zastrozzi: A Romance

  • The Garden

    The Garden

  • War Requiem

    War Requiem

  • Friendship's Death

    Friendship's Death

  • Possible Worlds

    Possible Worlds

  • Cinema Is Everywhere

    Cinema Is Everywhere

  • The Open Universe

    The Open Universe

  • Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

    Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

  • Man to Man

    Man to Man

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

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

  • WOLF

    WOLF

  • Instant Coffee

    Instant Coffee

  • The Last of England

    The Last of England

  • Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

  • DC Insiders Run Amuck

    DC Insiders Run Amuck

  • A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

    A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

  • The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

  • Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

    Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

  • Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

    Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

  • Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

    Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

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

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

  • The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

    The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

  • Finding the Burn

    Finding the Burn

  • Letters from Baghdad

    Letters from Baghdad

  • Phantom of the Universe

    Phantom of the Universe

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • Dreams Rewired

    Dreams Rewired

  • Transparent

    Transparent

  • The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

    The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

  • Faceless

    Faceless

  • Strange Culture

    Strange Culture

  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

  • David Bowie: Five Years

    David Bowie: Five Years

  • The New Ten Commandments

    The New Ten Commandments

  • Antarctica: On the Edge

    Antarctica: On the Edge

  • Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

    Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

  • Moments on the Set of I Am Love

    Moments on the Set of I Am Love

  • 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

  • Timeslip

    Timeslip

  • The Dilapidated Dwelling

    The Dilapidated Dwelling

  • When Björk Met Attenborough

    When Björk Met Attenborough

  • Chroma

    Chroma

  • Degrees of Blindness

    Degrees of Blindness

  • Heart of Light: Eleven Songs For Fiji

    Heart of Light: Eleven Songs For Fiji

  • Visions of Heaven and Hell

    Visions of Heaven and Hell

  • The Gospel According to St Derek

    The Gospel According to St Derek

  • Goliath: Playing with Reality

    Goliath: Playing with Reality

  • async - first light

    async - first light

  • The Party: Nature Morte

    The Party: Nature Morte

  • Cycling the Frame

    Cycling the Frame

  • Death for a Unicorn

    Death for a Unicorn

  • January Stories

    January Stories

  • Letters from Generation Rx

    Letters from Generation Rx

  • The Sluggard

    The Sluggard

  • Hot Dollar

    Hot Dollar

  • One Water

    One Water

  • The Invisible Frame

    The Invisible Frame

  • Volcano Saga

    Volcano Saga

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

    Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

  • Hitler's Favourite Royal

    Hitler's Favourite Royal

  • The Tree

    The Tree

  • Impulse: Playing with Reality

    Impulse: Playing with Reality

  • Climate of Change

    Climate of Change

  • Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

    Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

  • Absent Presence

    Absent Presence

  • The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

    The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

  • Obertura

    Obertura

  • Depuis le Jour

    Depuis le Jour

  • A Call to Arms

    A Call to Arms

  • Flat 19

    Flat 19

  • Orlando In Uzbekistan

    Orlando In Uzbekistan