Tilda Swinton 1960 64
Tilda Swinton 1960 64
Tilda Swinton (born Katherine Matilda Swinton; 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.
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2025 The Ballad of a Small Player
2025 Death in Her Hands as Vesta Gul
2025 Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
2025 Instant Coffee as Self
2024 The End as Mother Producer
2024 Impulse: Playing with reality as Narrator
2024 A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
2024 The Room Next Door as Martha / Michelle
2024 January Stories (version Harinezumi)
2024 Chroma
2024 The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze as Self Director
2024 Transparent
2024 Problemista as Elizabeth
2023 The Killer as The Expert
2023 All Kinds of Love as Self
2023 Some Thoughts On The Common Toad as Narrator (voice)
2023 Cannes Uncut as Self
2023 Asteroid City as Dr. Hickenlooper
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
2022 The Eternal Daughter as Julie / Rosalind
2022 Durmiente
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
2022 Ott torony volt Executive Producer
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing as Alithea
2022 Sleep Song
2021 The Storms of Jeremy Thomas as Self
2021 Goliath: Playing with Reality as Narrator (voice)
2021 The French Dispatch as J.K.L. Berensen
2021 The Souvenir: Part II as Rosalind
2021 Memoria as Jessica Holland Executive Producer
2020 The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode as Self
2020 The Human Voice as Woman
2020 Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
2020 Last and First Men as Narrator (voice)
2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood
2019 Uncut Gems as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
2019 The Souvenir as Rosalind
2019 The Dead Don't Die as Zelda Winston
2019 Avengers: Endgame as The Ancient One
2018 Suspiria as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
2018 Isle of Dogs as Oracle (voice)
2017 Call Me by Your Name Thanks
2017 Letters from Generation Rx as Narrator (voice)
2017 Okja as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando Co-Producer
2017 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger as Self Director, Writer
2017 War Machine as German Politician
2017 Letters from Baghdad as Gertrude Bell (voice) Executive Producer
2017 async - first light
2017 Tania Libre as Narrator (voice)
2016 Paterson Thanks
2016 Doctor Strange as The Ancient One
2016 Phantom of the Universe as Narrator
2016 Hail, Caesar! as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
2015 A Bigger Splash as Marianne Lane
2015 Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Social Services
2015 Trainwreck as Dianna
2015 B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 as Self
2015 Dreams Rewired as Narrator (voice)
2014 The Gospel According to St Derek as Self
2014 Antarctica: On the Edge as Narrator (voice)
2014 Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch as Self
2014 Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen as Self
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel as Madame D.
2013 Only Lovers Left Alive as Eve
2013 The Zero Theorem as Dr. Shrink-Rom
2013 Death for a Unicorn as Narrator (voice)
2013 Snowpiercer as Mason
2013 When Björk Met Attenborough as Narrator (voice)
2013 David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
2013 One Water
2013 The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013 Love Flesh as Self
2013 Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes as Narrator (voice)
2012 Radioman as Self
2012 Ashes as Self
2012 Moonrise Kingdom as Social Services
2012 Song 1 as Self
2012 Here Idea
2011 Cinema Is Everywhere as Self
2011 We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian Executive Producer
2010 14 Actors Acting as Self
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as White Witch
2010 Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
2010 Climate of Change as Narrator (voice)
2010 I Am Love as Emma Recchi Producer
2009 The Invisible Frame as The Cyclist
2009 The Limits of Control as Blonde
2009 Moments on the Set of I Am Love as Self
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Elizabeth Abbott
2008 Burn After Reading as Katie Cox
2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as White Witch
2008 Julia as Julia
2008 Derek as Narrator (voice) Writer, Executive Producer
2008 The New Ten Commandments as Self Director
2007 Cannes: All Access as Self
2007 Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
2007 The Man from London as Camélia
2007 Stephanie Daley as Lydie Crane Executive Producer
2007 Faceless as Narrator (voice)
2007 Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
2007 Strange Culture as Hope Kurtz
2007 Sleepwalkers as Violinist working as a Copy Clerk
2007 Hitler's Favourite Royal as Narrator
2006 Deep Water as Narrator (voice)
2006 Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes as Self
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as White Witch
2005 The Somme as Narrator (voice)
2005 Thumbsucker as Audrey Cobb Co-Executive Producer
2005 Broken Flowers as Penny
2005 Constantine as Gabriel
2003 The Statement as Annemarie Livi
2003 Young Adam as Ella Gault
2002 Adaptation. as Valerie Thomas
2002 Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory as Self
2002 Teknolust as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
2001 Vanilla Sky as Rebecca Dearborn
2001 The Deep End as Margaret Hall
2000 The Dilapidated Dwelling as Narrator (voice)
2000 Possible Worlds as Joyce
2000 The Beach as Sal
1999 The Protagonists as Actress
1999 The War Zone as Mum
1999 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
1997 Female Perversions as Evelyn Stephens
1996 Orbital: The Box
1994 Death of a World Star as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994 Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994 Glitterbug as Self
1994 Visions of Heaven and Hell as Narrator (voice)
1993 The Open Universe as Carla
1993 Blue as (voice)
1993 Wittgenstein as Lady Ottoline Morrell
1992 Orlando as Orlando
1992 Man to Man as Ella / Max Gerike
1991 Edward II as Isabella
1991 The Party: Nature Morte as Queenie
1991 Derek Jarman: A Portrait as Self
1990 Your Cheatin' Heart
1990 The Garden as Madonna/Voice Overs
1989 Play Me Something as Hairdresser
1989 War Requiem as The Nurse
1989 Volcano Saga as Gudrun
1989 A Call to Arms
1988 Cycling the Frame as The Cyclist
1988 Degrees of Blindness
1987 The Last of England as The Maid
1987 Friendship's Death as Friendship
1987 Depuis le Jour
1987 Aria as Young Girl
1987 Egomania: Island Without Hope as Sally
1986 Caravaggio as Lena
1986 Caprice as Lucky
1986 The Sluggard as The Sluggard