Hilary Swank

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-07-30 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Hilary Swank

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).

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Masked Singer

    The Masked Singer

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Yellowjackets

    Yellowjackets

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • Harry and the Hendersons

    Harry and the Hendersons

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Growing Pains

    Growing Pains

  • Today

    Today

  • Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

  • Freedom Writers

    Freedom Writers

  • Today with Hoda & Jenna

    Today with Hoda & Jenna

  • Insomnia

    Insomnia

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Fatale

    Fatale

  • The Next Karate Kid

    The Next Karate Kid

  • The Core

    The Core

  • Trust

    Trust

  • Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

    Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

  • Mary and Martha

    Mary and Martha

  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

  • The Gift

    The Gift

  • I Am Mother

    I Am Mother

  • Alaska Daily

    Alaska Daily

  • Red Dust

    Red Dust

  • Logan Lucky

    Logan Lucky

  • Away

    Away

  • The Black Dahlia

    The Black Dahlia

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • Kounterfeit

    Kounterfeit

  • Spark: A Space Tail

    Spark: A Space Tail

  • New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • P.S. I Love You

    P.S. I Love You

  • Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

    Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

  • Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

    Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

  • The Resident

    The Resident

  • The Homesman

    The Homesman

  • Sometimes They Come Back... Again

    Sometimes They Come Back... Again

  • Ordinary Angels

    Ordinary Angels

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • 11:14

    11:14

  • Camp Wilder

    Camp Wilder

  • The Reaping

    The Reaping

  • The Concert for New York City

    The Concert for New York City

  • 55 Steps

    55 Steps

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • The Good Mother

    The Good Mother

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels

  • Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

    Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

  • What They Had

    What They Had

  • Clint Eastwood : la légende

    Clint Eastwood : la légende

  • Amelia

    Amelia

  • You're Not You

    You're Not You

  • Leaving L.A.

    Leaving L.A.

  • Heartwood

    Heartwood

  • Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

  • On Native Soil

    On Native Soil

  • N.A.R.

    N.A.R.

  • Quiet Days in Hollywood

    Quiet Days in Hollywood

  • Terror in the Family

    Terror in the Family

  • Born to Fight

    Born to Fight

  • Birds of America

    Birds of America

  • Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

    Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

  • ...So Goes the Nation

    ...So Goes the Nation

  • James Lipton Takes on Three

    James Lipton Takes on Three

  • The Audition

    The Audition

  • The Sleepwalker Killing

    The Sleepwalker Killing

  • Dying to Belong

    Dying to Belong

  • Under Antarctic Ice

    Under Antarctic Ice