Hilary Swank
Acting
Born: July 30, 1974 (age 52) · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Highest Rated
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
Million Dollar Baby
2004
Insomnia
2002
Logan Lucky
2017
The Hunt
2020
P.S. I Love You
2007
BoJack Horseman
2014
I Am Mother
2019
Freedom Writers
2007
New Year's Eve
2011
The Core
2003
Boys Don't Cry
1999
The Gift
2000
Photos (14)
Movies (44)
The Hunt
Athena
Insomnia
Ellie Burr
Million Dollar Baby
Maggie Fitzgerald
Logan Lucky
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
The Core
Maj. Rebecca Childs
The Gift
Valerie Barksdale
The Next Karate Kid
Julie Pierce
Freedom Writers
Erin Gruwell
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kimberly Hannah
Ordinary Angels
Sharon Stevens
The Black Dahlia
Madeleine Linscott
The Reaping
Katherine
P.S. I Love You
Holly
I Am Mother
Woman
New Year's Eve
Claire Morgan
The Homesman
Mary Bee Cuddy
The Resident
Juliet Devereau
Boys Don't Cry
Brandon Teena
Fatale
Det. Valerie Quinlan
11:14
Buzzy
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Michelle Porter
You're Not You
Kate
Conviction
Betty Anne Waters
The Affair of the Necklace
Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
55 Steps
Colette Hughes
Amelia
Amelia Earhart
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
Patty Yaklich
Spark: A Space Tail
The Queen (voice)
The Good Mother
Marissa Bennings
Iron Jawed Angels
Alice Paul
What They Had
Bridget
Kounterfeit
Colleen
Mary and Martha
Mary
Red Dust
Sarah Barcant
Birds of America
Laura
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
Heartwood
Sylvia Orsini
Dying to Belong
Lisa Connors
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
The Sleepwalker Killing
Lauren Schall
Quiet Days in Hollywood
Lolita
Terror in the Family
Deena Marten
The Audition
2000
Under Antarctic Ice
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (13)
Beverly Hills, 90210
Carly Reynolds · 16 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Joey Pogo (voice) · 5 eps
Yellowjackets
Adult Melissa · 2 eps
The Masked Singer
Special Message (via video) · 1 eps
Harry and the Hendersons
Chelsea · 1 eps
Growing Pains
Sasha Serotsky · 2 eps
Explained
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Trust
Gail Getty · 10 eps
Camp Wilder
Danielle · 19 eps
Alaska Daily
Eileen Fitzgerald · 11 eps
Away
Emma Green · 10 eps
Leaving L.A.
Tiffany Roebuck · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (35)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Talk
Self · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 3 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Punk'd
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
Today
Self · 2 eps
Chelsea
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
The Jay Leno Show
Self · 1 eps
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self · 2 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self · 9 eps
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
Disclosure
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
The Concert for New York City
Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Born to Fight
Self
...So Goes the Nation
Self
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
Self (archive footage)
Producing (12)
Alaska Daily
Executive Producer
Freedom Writers
Executive Producer
Away
Executive Producer
The Resident
Executive Producer
Fatale
Producer
11:14
Executive Producer
Something Borrowed
Producer
You're Not You
Producer
Conviction
Executive Producer
The Good Mother
Executive Producer
What They Had
Executive Producer
Beautiful Ohio
Producer