Tilda Swinton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-11-05 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Tilda Swinton

Biography

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...

Acting

2003

Young Adam

as Ella Gault

2005

2005

Constantine

as Gabriel

2005

Thumbsucker

as Audrey Cobb

2001

Vanilla Sky

as Rebecca Dearborn

2000

The Beach

as Sal

2002

Adaptation.

as Valerie Thomas

2007

Michael Clayton

as Karen Crowder

2007

Stephanie Daley

as Lydie Crane

2008

Burn After Reading

as Katie Cox

1986

Caravaggio

as Lena

2024

The End

as Mother

2008

Julia

as Julia

2023

The Killer

as The Expert

2007

2001

The Deep End

as Margaret Hall

1992

Orlando

as Orlando

2010

I Am Love

as Emma Recchi

2003

The Statement

as Annemarie Livi

1997

Female Perversions

as Evelyn Stephens

1989

War Requiem

as The Nurse

1999

2013

1991

Edward II

as Isabella

2000

1987

Aria

as Young Girl

2013

David Bowie: Five Years

as Self (archive footage)

2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin

as Eva Khatchadourian

2002

Teknolust

as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive

2010

Climate of Change

as Narrator (voice)

2009

The Invisible Frame

as The Cyclist

2023

1993

Blue

as (voice)

1993

Wittgenstein

as Lady Ottoline Morrell

1999

Conceiving Ada

as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

1994

Glitterbug

as Self

2014

2013

Snowpiercer

as Mason

1990

The Garden

as Madonna/Voice Overs

2007

Strange Culture

as Hope Kurtz

1999

2013

The Zero Theorem

as Dr. Shrink-Rom

2013

Love Flesh

as Self

2012

Radioman

as Self

1987

Friendship's Death

as Friendship

2000

The Dilapidated Dwelling

as Narrator (voice)

2021

2013

Death for a Unicorn

as Narrator (voice)

2012

Moonrise Kingdom

as Social Services

2023

1988

Cycling the Frame

as The Cyclist

1986

The Sluggard

as The Sluggard

2015

Trainwreck

as Dianna

2016

Hail, Caesar!

as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker

2024

The Room Next Door

as Martha / Michelle

2019

Uncut Gems

as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)

2015

A Bigger Splash

as Marianne Lane

1989

Volcano Saga

as Gudrun

2015

2015

Dreams Rewired

as Narrator (voice)

2007

Sleepwalkers

as Violinist working as a Copy Clerk

2006

Deep Water

as Narrator (voice)

2018

Suspiria

as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos

2017

Okja

as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando

2024

2017

War Machine

as German Politician

2005

The Somme

as Narrator (voice)

2018

Isle of Dogs

as Oracle (voice)

2024

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)

1989

Play Me Something

as Hairdresser

2008

Derek

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Letters from Baghdad

as Gertrude Bell (voice)

2013

When Björk Met Attenborough

as Narrator (voice)

2012

Song 1

as Self

2014

Antarctica: On the Edge

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Memoria

as Jessica Holland

2019

The Souvenir

as Rosalind

2017

Letters from Generation Rx

as Narrator (voice)

1993

2019

The Dead Don't Die

as Zelda Winston

2021

The French Dispatch

as J.K.L. Berensen

2020

Last and First Men

as Narrator (voice)

2007

Faceless

as Narrator (voice)

2010

2021

1986

Caprice

as Lucky

1987

1992

Man to Man

as Ella / Max Gerike

1994

Visions of Heaven and Hell

as Narrator (voice)

2020

2022

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)

2016

Doctor Strange

as The Ancient One

2019

Avengers: Endgame

as The Ancient One

2022

The Eternal Daughter

as Julie / Rosalind

2017

Tania Libre

as Narrator (voice)

2023

Asteroid City

as Dr. Hickenlooper

2012

Ashes

as Self

2024

Problemista

as Elizabeth

1994

Death of a World Star

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

Orbital: The Box

as Traveller

2025

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Death in Her Hands

as Vesta Gul

-

Hamlet

as Ophelia

1992

Hamlet

as Ophelia

Production

2010

I Am Love

as Producer

2017

Letters from Baghdad

as Executive Producer

2005

Thumbsucker

as Co-Executive Producer

2021

Memoria

as Executive Producer

2022

Ott torony volt

as Executive Producer

2016

Paterson

as Thanks

2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin

as Executive Producer

2017

Okja

as Co-Producer

2012

Here

as Idea

2008

Derek

as Writer

2007

Stephanie Daley

as Executive Producer

2008

Derek

as Executive Producer

2024

The End

as Producer

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