Tilda Swinton
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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
Credits
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as The Ancient One
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
as White Witch
Constantine (2005)
as Gabriel
Doctor Strange (2016)
as The Ancient One
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
as Madame D.
Snowpiercer (2013)
as Mason
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
as White Witch
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
as Elizabeth Abbott
The Killer (2023)
as The Expert
Uncut Gems (2019)
as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
as White Witch
Isle of Dogs (2018)
as Oracle (voice)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
as Social Services
Vanilla Sky (2001)
as Rebecca Dearborn
Asteroid City (2023)
as Dr. Hickenlooper
The Beach (2000)
as Sal
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
as Alithea
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Suspiria (2018)
as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Okja (2017)
as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as J.K.L. Berensen
Trainwreck (2015)
as Dianna
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
as Eva Khatchadourian
Burn After Reading (2008)
as Katie Cox
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
as Zelda Winston
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Karen Crowder
Adaptation. (2002)
as Valerie Thomas
The War Zone (1999)
as Mum
Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
as Cynthia Blithe
War Machine (2017)
as German Politician
The Souvenir (2019)
as Rosalind
Broken Flowers (2005)
as Penny
The Room Next Door (2024)
as Martha / Michelle
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
as Betsey Trotwood
The Zero Theorem (2013)
as Dr. Shrink-Rom
Young Adam (2003)
as Ella Gault
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
as Eve
Orlando (1992)
as Orlando
The End (2024)
as Mother
A Bigger Splash (2015)
as Marianne Lane
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015)
as Self / Social Services
Problemista (2024)
as Elizabeth
Memoria (2021)
as Jessica Holland
Female Perversions (1996)
as Evelyn Stephens
Thumbsucker (2005)
as Audrey Cobb
I Am Love (2010)
as Emma Recchi
The Statement (2003)
as Annemarie Livi
Julia (2008)
as Julia
Edward II (1991)
as Isabella
Blue (1993)
as (voice)
Aria (1987)
as Young Girl
Deep Water (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
The Deep End (2001)
as Margaret Hall
Caravaggio (1986)
as Lena
Cannes Uncut (2023)
as Self
The Coen Brothers - An American Story (2025)
as Self
War Requiem (1989)
as The Nurse
Last and First Men (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
The Limits of Control (2009)
as Blonde
The Eternal Daughter (2022)
as Julie / Rosalind
The Human Voice (2020)
as Woman
Radioman (2012)
as Self
Broken English (2026)
as The Overseer
The Somme (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
as Muriel Belcher
The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
as Rosalind
Finding the Burn (2008)
as Self / Katie Cox (archive footage)
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Lydie Crane
Love Flesh (2013)
as Self
Teknolust (2002)
as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
The Garden (1990)
as Madonna/Voice Overs
Possible Worlds (2000)
as Joyce
David Bowie: Five Years (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. (2015)
as Self
The Protagonists (1999)
as Actress
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
as Self
The Man from London (2008)
as Camélia
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes (2006)
as Self
Wittgenstein (1993)
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Man to Man (1992)
as Ella / Max Gerike
DC Insiders Run Amuck (2008)
as Self
Phantoms (2025)
Actor
Conceiving Ada (1999)
as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Cannes: All Access (2007)
as Self
Derek (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream (—)
Actor
Friendship's Death (1987)
as Friendship
Letters from Generation Rx (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
The Tree (2025)
Actor
Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji (2026)
Actor
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch (2014)
as Self
Strange Culture (2007)
as Hope Kurtz
Egomania: Island Without Hope (1987)
as Sally
Sleepwalkers (2007)
as Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
async - first light (2017)
Actor
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen (2014)
as Self
Antarctica: On the Edge (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
January Stories (2024)
Actor
One Water (2013)
Actor
Caprice (1986)
as Lucky
The New Ten Commandments (2008)
as Self
Flat 19 (2025)
Actor
Death in Her Hands (—)
as Vesta Gul
The Last of England (1987)
as The Maid
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)
as Self
Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Song 1 (2012)
as Self
WOLF (2026)
as Narrator (voice)
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994)
Actor
Behind Jim Jarmusch (2010)
as Self
Letters from Baghdad (2017)
as Gertrude Bell (voice)
Volcano Saga (1989)
as Gudrun
Karl (2025)
as Self
Instant Coffee (2025)
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)
as Self
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory (2002)
as Self
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (2013)
Actor
Your Cheatin' Heart (1990)
Actor
When Björk Met Attenborough (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Depuis le Jour (1987)
Actor
Cycling the Frame (1988)
as The Cyclist
Timeslip (2025)
Actor
The Sluggard (1986)
as The Sluggard
Sleep Song (2022)
Actor
The Gospel According to St Derek (2014)
as Self
Ashes (2012)
as Self
The Party: Nature Morte (1991)
as Queenie
Tania Libre (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Derek Jarman: A Portrait (1991)
as Self
Glitterbug (1994)
as Self
The Open Universe (1993)
as Carla
Cinema Is Everywhere (2011)
as Self
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
All Kinds of Love (2023)
as Self
Death for a Unicorn (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Hamlet (1992)
as Ophelia
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze (2024)
as Self
Faceless (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Play Me Something (1989)
as Hairdresser
The Invisible Frame (2009)
as The Cyclist
Phantom of the Universe (2016)
as Narrator
Hitler's Favourite Royal (2007)
as Narrator
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2017)
as Self
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024)
as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
Degrees of Blindness (1988)
Actor
Personal History (2023)
Actor
Climate of Change (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Dreams Rewired (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project (—)
Actor
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021)
as Self
A Call to Arms (1989)
Actor
Absent Presence (2005)
Actor
Camaraderie (2025)
Actor
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
A Flower of Forgetfulness (2026)
Actor
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode (2020)
as Self
Chroma (2024)
Actor
Moments on the Set of I Am Love (2009)
as Self
Transparent (2024)
Actor
Hot Dollar (2014)
Actor
Goliath: Playing with Reality (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Orlando In Uzbekistan (2010)
as Self
Planet Tilda (2011)
Actor
The Dilapidated Dwelling (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Impulse: Playing with Reality (2024)
as Narrator
Tilda in de Menil Land (2014)
Actor
Durmiente (2022)
Actor
Obertura (2024)
as The Gardenerette