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Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton, better known as Tilda Swinton, is an esteemed British actress recognized for her work on eccentric and enigmatic characters in auteur directors' films. Her illustrious acting career started with experimental films like 'Caravaggio', 'The Last of England', 'War Requiem', and 'The Garden'. Her portrayal of Isabella of France in 'Edward II' earned her a Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She demonstrated her acting versatility with films like 'Orlando', 'The Deep End', 'Vanilla Sky', 'Adaptation', and 'Young Adam'. Besides, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her contribution to the legal thriller 'Michael Clayton'. Swinton's list of majestic roles includes universally praised performances in 'Constantine', 'Burn After Reading', 'I Am Love', 'We Need to Talk About Kevin', 'Only Lovers Left Alive', 'Snowpiercer', 'Suspiria', 'Memoria', 'The Eternal Daughter', and 'The Room Next Door'. Recognition also poured in with her portrayal as the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Her celebrated roles in the Wes Anderson films like 'Moonrise Kingdom', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel', 'Isle of Dogs', 'The French Dispatch', and 'Asteroid City' are notable. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Katherine Matilda Swinton
Born: London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: November 5, 1960
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1984-present
Children: 2
Spouses: John Byrne (1989–2003), Sandro Kopp (2004–present)
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Awards and Nominations Received by Tilda Swinton
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Movies Featuring Tilda Swinton
Doctor Strange
The Eternal Daughter
Memoria
The Souvenir: Part II
The Souvenir
Snowpiercer
Moonrise Kingdom
Michael Clayton
Deep Water
I Am Love
Hail, Caesar!
Only Lovers Left Alive
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Human Voice
Asteroid City
The French Dispatch
Isle of Dogs
Stephanie Daley
Orlando
Burn After Reading
Okja
The Personal History of David Copperfield
A Bigger Splash
Suspiria
Friendship's Death
The Garden
Three Thousand Years of Longing
The Statement
Young Adam
The Dead Don't Die
Last and First Men
The Deep End
Teknolust
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Killer
Problemista
The End
The Room Next Door
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Song 1
Ashes
When Björk Met Attenborough
Death for a Unicorn
Love Flesh
David Bowie: Five Years
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Radioman
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
One Water
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel
Antarctica: On the Edge
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Exploring the Set of ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
Tania Libre
async - first light
Phantom of the Universe
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
The Dilapidated Dwelling
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Possible Worlds
Galapagos
Cannes: All Access
The Man from London
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Edward II
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Caravaggio
Caprice
Aria
Depuis le Jour
War Requiem
Your Cheatin’ Heart
Egomania: Island Without Hope
The Last of England
Degrees of Blindness
Play Me Something
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
The Somme
Cycling the Frame
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Goliath: Playing with Reality
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Cannes Uncut
Your Cheatin’ Heart
Egomania: Island Without Hope
The Last of England
Degrees of Blindness
Play Me Something
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
The Somme
Cycling the Frame
Visions of Heaven and Hell
The Open Universe
Blue
Man to Man
Female Perversions
Death of a World Star
Conceiving Ada
Derek
Durmiente
The Protagonists
Orbital: The Box
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January Stories (version Harinezumi)
Chroma
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Wittgenstein
Career Timeline
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2024
Problemista
Elizabeth
The End
Mother
The Room Next Door
Martha, Michelle
January Stories (version Harinezumi)
Chroma
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
2023
Asteroid City
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
The Killer
The Expert
Cannes Uncut
Self
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Narrator (voice)
2022
The Eternal Daughter
Julie Hart, Rosalind Hart
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Wood Sprite, Death
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Alithea
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
Durmiente
2021
Memoria
Jessica Holland
The Souvenir: Part II
Rosalind
The Human Voice
Woman
The French Dispatch
J.K.L. Berensen
Last and First Men
Narrator
Goliath: Playing with Reality
Narrator (voice)
2020
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Self
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Souvenir
Rosalind
The Dead Don't Die
Zelda Winston
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
Exploring the Set of ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
Self / Social Services
2014
Snowpiercer
Only Lovers Left Alive
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Self
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel
Self / Madame D.
Antarctica: On the Edge
Narrator (voice)
2013
When Björk Met Attenborough
Narrator (voice)
Death for a Unicorn
Narrator (voice)
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Narrator (voice)
One Water
2007
Michael Clayton
Deep Water
Stephanie Daley
Cannes: All Access
Self
The Man from London
Camélia
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Somme
Narrator (voice)
The Somme
Narrator (voice)
1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Narrator (voice)
Death of a World Star
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
Friendship's Death
War Requiem
The Nurse
Play Me Something
Hairdresser
Play Me Something
Hairdresser
1988
Degrees of Blindness
Cycling the Frame
The Cyclist
Degrees of Blindness
Cycling the Frame
The Cyclist
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