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

  • 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

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Yellowjackets

    Yellowjackets

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Masked Singer

    The Masked Singer

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Growing Pains

    Growing Pains

  • Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

  • Insomnia

    Insomnia

  • Today with Hoda & Jenna

    Today with Hoda & Jenna

  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

  • The Homesman

    The Homesman

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Fatale

    Fatale

  • The Gift

    The Gift

  • New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Harry and the Hendersons

    Harry and the Hendersons

  • The Resident

    The Resident

  • Ordinary Angels

    Ordinary Angels

  • Alaska Daily

    Alaska Daily

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • The Core

    The Core

  • Freedom Writers

    Freedom Writers

  • The Next Karate Kid

    The Next Karate Kid

  • The Black Dahlia

    The Black Dahlia

  • Kounterfeit

    Kounterfeit

  • P.S. I Love You

    P.S. I Love You

  • Trust

    Trust

  • 55 Steps

    55 Steps

  • Away

    Away

  • I Am Mother

    I Am Mother

  • Red Dust

    Red Dust

  • The Reaping

    The Reaping

  • Today

    Today

  • The Good Mother

    The Good Mother

  • 11:14

    11:14

  • Logan Lucky

    Logan Lucky

  • Spark: A Space Tail

    Spark: A Space Tail

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • Camp Wilder

    Camp Wilder

  • You're Not You

    You're Not You

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • What They Had

    What They Had

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

  • Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

    Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

  • Sometimes They Come Back... Again

    Sometimes They Come Back... Again

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

    Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

  • Terror in the Family

    Terror in the Family

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

    Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

  • Quiet Days in Hollywood

    Quiet Days in Hollywood

  • The Concert for New York City

    The Concert for New York City

  • Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

  • Dying to Belong

    Dying to Belong

  • Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

    Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

  • Mary and Martha

    Mary and Martha

  • Amelia

    Amelia

  • Leaving L.A.

    Leaving L.A.

  • ...So Goes the Nation

    ...So Goes the Nation

  • Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

    Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

  • N.A.R.

    N.A.R.

  • Birds of America

    Birds of America

  • Clint Eastwood : la légende

    Clint Eastwood : la légende

  • The Sleepwalker Killing

    The Sleepwalker Killing

  • Heartwood

    Heartwood

  • On Native Soil

    On Native Soil

  • Born to Fight

    Born to Fight

  • James Lipton Takes on Three

    James Lipton Takes on Three

  • The Audition

    The Audition

  • Under Antarctic Ice

    Under Antarctic Ice