Tilda Swinton

Born: 1960-11-05 in London, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2021

What If...? as The Ancient One (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends as The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as J.K.L. Berensen
Memoria as Jessica Holland
The Souvenir: Part II as Rosalind
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas as Self
Goliath: Playing with Reality as Narrator (voice)

2020

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema as Narrator (voice)
Last and First Men as Narrator (voice)
The Human Voice as Woman
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode as Self

2019

The Boys as Ambrosius (voice)
Avengers: Endgame as The Ancient One
What We Do in the Shadows as Tilda
Uncut Gems as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
The Dead Don't Die as Zelda Winston
The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood
The Souvenir as Rosalind

2018

Isle of Dogs as Oracle (voice)
Suspiria as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos

2017

Call Me by Your Name ... (Thanks)
Okja as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
War Machine as German Politician
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger as Self
Letters from Generation Rx as Narrator (voice)
Letters from Baghdad as Gertrude Bell (voice)
async - first light
Tania Libre as Narrator (voice)

2016

Doctor Strange as The Ancient One
Paterson ... (Thanks)
Hail, Caesar! as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Phantom of the Universe as Narrator

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
Trainwreck as Dianna
A Bigger Splash as Marianne Lane
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. as Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Social Services
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 as Self
Mobilisierung der Träume as Narrator (voice)

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
The Grand Budapest Hotel as Madame D.
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch as Self
Antarctica: On the Edge as Narrator (voice)
The Gospel According to St Derek as Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen as Self
Tilda in de Menil Land
Hot Dollar

2013

Rick and Morty as The Collective (voice)
Snowpiercer as Mason
Only Lovers Left Alive as Eve
The Zero Theorem as Dr. Shrink-Rom
David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
Death for a Unicorn as Narrator (voice)
When Björk Met Attenborough as Narrator (voice)
Love Flesh as Self
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes as Narrator (voice)
One Water

2012

Moonrise Kingdom as Social Services
Radioman as Self
Ashes as Self
Song 1 as Self

2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian
Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice)
Cinema Is Everywhere as Self
Planet Tilda

2010

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as White Witch
I Am Love as Emma Recchi
Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
Orlando In Uzbekistan as Self
Climate of Change as Narrator (voice)

2009

Getting On as Elke
The Limits of Control as Blonde
Moments on the Set of I Am Love as Self
The Invisible Frame as The Cyclist

2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Elizabeth Abbott
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as White Witch
Burn After Reading as Katie Cox
Julia as Julia
The New Ten Commandments as Self
The Man from London as Camélia
DC Insiders Run Amuck as Self
Derek as Narrator (voice)
Finding the Burn as Self / Katie Cox (archive footage)

2007

Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
Stephanie Daley as Lydie Crane
Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
Cannes: All Access as Self (archive footage)
Strange Culture as Hope Kurtz
Sleepwalkers as Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
Faceless as Narrator (voice)

2006

Galapagos as Self - Presenter
Deep Water as Narrator (voice)

2005

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as White Witch
Made in Hollywood as Self
Constantine as Gabriel
Broken Flowers as Penny
Thumbsucker as Audrey Cobb
The Somme as Narrator (voice)
Absent Presence

2003

Young Adam as Ella Gault
The Statement as Annemarie Livi

2002

Adaptation. as Valerie Thomas
Teknolust as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory as Self

2001

Vanilla Sky as Rebecca Dearborn
The Deep End as Margaret Hall

2000

The Beach as Sal
Possible Worlds as Joyce
The Dilapidated Dwelling as Narrator (voice)

1999

The War Zone as Mum
The Protagonists as Actress
Conceiving Ada as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

1998

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

1996

The Daily Show as Self
Female Perversions as Evelyn Stephens

1994

Visions of Heaven and Hell as Narrator (voice)
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Glitterbug as Self

1993

Blue as (voice)
Wittgenstein as Lady Ottoline Morrell

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Ophelia (voice)
Orlando as Orlando
Man to Man as Ella / Max Gerike
Hamlet as Ophelia

1991

Edward II as Isabella
The Party: Nature Morte as Queenie
Derek Jarman: A Portrait as Self

1990

Your Cheatin' Heart as Cissie Crouch
The Garden as Madonna/Voice Overs
Your Cheatin' Heart
The Open Universe as Carla

1989

War Requiem as The Nurse
Volcano Saga as Gudrun
A Call to Arms
Play Me Something as Hairdresser

1988

1987

Aria as Young Girl
Egomania: Island Without Hope as Sally
The Last of England as The Maid
Friendship's Death as Friendship
Depuis le Jour

1986

ScreenPlay as Ella / Max Gerike
Caravaggio as Lena
Zastrozzi: A Romance as Julia
The Sluggard as The Sluggard
Caprice as Lucky

1985

Screen Two as Isabella

1953

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee