Tilda Swinton
Acting
Born: November 5, 1960 (age 65) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Doctor Strange
2016
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
The Boys
2019
Call Me by Your Name
2017
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Rick and Morty
2013
Snowpiercer
2013
Constantine
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
Photos (14)
Movies (127)
Avengers: Endgame
The Ancient One
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
White Witch
Doctor Strange
The Ancient One
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Madame D.
Constantine
Gabriel
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Elizabeth Abbott
Isle of Dogs
Oracle (voice)
Snowpiercer
Mason
Uncut Gems
Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
White Witch
The Killer
The Expert
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
White Witch
Vanilla Sky
Rebecca Dearborn
Ballad of a Small Player
Cynthia Blithe
Asteroid City
Dr. Hickenlooper
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Burn After Reading
Katie Cox
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
J.K.L. Berensen
The Beach
Sal
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Alithea
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Eva Khatchadourian
The Room Next Door
Martha / Michelle
Adaptation.
Valerie Thomas
Hail, Caesar!
Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Trainwreck
Dianna
Moonrise Kingdom
Social Services
War Machine
German Politician
The Dead Don't Die
Zelda Winston
Suspiria
Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Okja
Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
Only Lovers Left Alive
Eve
Michael Clayton
Karen Crowder
The Zero Theorem
Dr. Shrink-Rom
Broken Flowers
Penny
Young Adam
Ella Gault
A Bigger Splash
Marianne Lane
Orlando
Orlando
Thumbsucker
Audrey Cobb
The Limits of Control
Blonde
The War Zone
Mum
The End
Mother
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
Last and First Men
Narrator (voice)
Memoria
Jessica Holland
Problemista
Elizabeth
The Souvenir
Rosalind
The Deep End
Margaret Hall
I Am Love
Emma Recchi
The Eternal Daughter
Julie / Rosalind
Female Perversions
Evelyn Stephens
Caravaggio
Lena
The Human Voice
Woman
Caprice
Lucky
The Souvenir: Part II
Rosalind
Planet Tilda
2011
Aria
Young Girl
Teknolust
Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Broken English
The Overseer
The Statement
Annemarie Livi
Edward II
Isabella
Julia
Julia
The Man from London
Camélia
Possible Worlds
Joyce
Wittgenstein
Lady Ottoline Morrell
The Tree
2025
Obertura
The Gardenerette
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Muriel Belcher
Deep Water
Narrator (voice)
Personal History
2023
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Death for a Unicorn
Narrator (voice)
Blue
(voice)
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Sally
Stephanie Daley
Lydie Crane
WOLF
Narrator (voice)
Cycling the Frame
The Cyclist
Man to Man
Ella / Max Gerike
Derek
Narrator (voice)
Transparent
2024
The Garden
Madonna/Voice Overs
Antarctica: On the Edge
Narrator (voice)
The Open Universe
Carla
async - first light
2017
The Protagonists
Actress
Play Me Something
Hairdresser
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
War Requiem
The Nurse
Durmiente
2022
The Sluggard
The Sluggard
The Invisible Frame
The Cyclist
The Somme
Narrator (voice)
Dreams Rewired
Narrator (voice)
Conceiving Ada
Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Letters from Baghdad
Gertrude Bell (voice)
Friendship's Death
Friendship
When Björk Met Attenborough
Narrator (voice)
Sleepwalkers
Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
January Stories
2024
Letters from Generation Rx
Narrator (voice)
The Last of England
The Maid
Depuis le Jour
1987
Pasolini On Pasolini
narrator
Volcano Saga
Gudrun
The Party: Nature Morte
Queenie
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013
Strange Culture
Hope Kurtz
Chroma
2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
Degrees of Blindness
1988
One Water
2013
Camaraderie
2025
Phantoms
2025
Tilda in de Menil Land
2014
A Flower of Forgetfulness
2026
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Narrator (voice)
A Call to Arms
1989
Timeslip
2025
Phantom of the Universe
Narrator
Flat 19
2025
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Narrator (voice)
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Narrator (voice)
The Dilapidated Dwelling
Narrator (voice)
Hamlet
Ophelia
Climate of Change
Narrator (voice)
Impulse: Playing with Reality
Narrator
Faceless
Narrator (voice)
Goliath: Playing with Reality
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (14)
Rick and Morty
The Collective (voice) · 1 eps
The Boys
Ambrosius (voice) · 3 eps
What If...?
The Ancient One (voice) · 1 eps
Screen Two
Isabella · 1 eps
What We Do in the Shadows
Tilda · 1 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Ella / Max Gerike · 1 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Ophelia (voice) · 1 eps
Fantasmas
Water (voice) · 1 eps
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice) · 14 eps
Getting On
Elke · 1 eps
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Zastrozzi: A Romance
Julia · 4 eps
Your Cheatin' Heart
Cissie Crouch · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (36)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Made in Hollywood
Self · 1 eps
Galapagos
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Radioman
Self
Cannes Uncut
Self
The Coen Brothers Story
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
Love Flesh
Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Social Services
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Self
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Self
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
Glitterbug
Self
Ashes
Self
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
Self
Instant Coffee
Self
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
Self
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards
Self (archive)
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
Song 1
Self
The New Ten Commandments
Self
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Self
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
Self
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Self
The Gospel According to St Derek
Self
Upcoming (6)
Directing (3)
Writing (2)
Producing (12)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Executive Producer
Okja
Co-Producer
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Executive Producer
Thumbsucker
Co-Executive Producer
The End
Producer
Memoria
Executive Producer
I Am Love
Producer
Stephanie Daley
Executive Producer
WOLF
Executive Producer
Derek
Executive Producer
Letters from Baghdad
Executive Producer
There Was a Tower: A Portrait of Mihály Víg
Executive Producer
