Acting
Hilary Swank
Born Jul 30, 1974 · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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).
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Acting
Ordinary Angels
2024
Drama
The Good Mother
2023
Thriller
Alaska Daily
2022
Drama · Crime
Yellowjackets
2021
Drama · Mystery
Fatale
2020
Drama · Thriller
Away
2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Disclosure
2020
Documentary
The Hunt
2020
Action · Thriller · Horror
I Am Mother
2019
Science Fiction · Thriller
What They Had
2018
Drama
Explained
2018
Documentary
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
Documentary
Trust
2018
Crime · Drama
55 Steps
2018
Drama
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
Music
Logan Lucky
2017
Comedy · Crime
Spark: A Space Tail
2016
Adventure · Animation · Comedy
You're Not You
2014
Drama
BoJack Horseman
2014
Animation · Comedy · Drama
The Homesman
2014
Western · Drama
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
Documentary
Mary and Martha
2013
Drama · TV Movie
New Year's Eve
2011
Comedy · Romance
The Resident
2011
Thriller · Mystery
Conviction
2010
Drama
Amelia
2009
Adventure · Drama · History
Birds of America
2008
Comedy · Drama
P.S. I Love You
2007
Drama · Romance
The Reaping
2007
Horror
Freedom Writers
2007
Crime · Drama
...So Goes the Nation
2006
Documentary
The Black Dahlia
2006
Crime · Thriller · Drama
On Native Soil
2006
Documentary
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Music · TV Movie · Documentary
Born to Fight
2005
Documentary
Million Dollar Baby
2004
Drama
11:14
2004
Thriller · Comedy · Crime
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
Drama · TV Movie
Red Dust
2004
Drama
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Documentary
The Core
2003
Science Fiction · Adventure · Thriller
Under Antarctic Ice
2003
Documentary
Insomnia
2002
Thriller · Crime · Drama
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
Drama · History · Romance
The Concert for New York City
2001
Music · Documentary · TV Movie
The Gift
2000
Horror · Drama · Thriller
The Audition
2000
Drama · Thriller
Boys Don't Cry
1999
Crime · Drama
Heartwood
1998
Drama
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
Thriller · Crime · TV Movie
Leaving L.A.
1997
Drama
Dying to Belong
1997
TV Movie · Drama
Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997
Drama
Kounterfeit
1996
Thriller · Drama · Action
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996
Horror
Terror in the Family
1996
Drama
The Next Karate Kid
1994
Action · Drama · Family
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
1994
Drama · TV Movie
Camp Wilder
1992
Comedy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
Action · Comedy · Horror
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Family
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Drama
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Talk
Growing Pains
1985
Comedy