Hilary Swank
Acting
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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Filmography of
Hilary Swank
Sharon Stevens
... 2024
Marissa Bennings
... 2023
Detective Valerie Quinlan
... 2020
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
... 2020
Athena
... 2020
Woman
... 2019
Bridget
... 2018
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
Colette Hughes
... 2018
... 2017
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
... 2017
The Queen (voice)
... 2016
Kate
... 2014
Mary Bee Cuddy
... 2014
... 2013
Mary
... 2013
Claire Morgan
... 2011
Juliet Devereau
... 2011
Betty Anne Waters
... 2010
Amelia Earhart
... 2009
Laura
... 2008
Holly
... 2007
Katherine
... 2007
Erin Gruwell
... 2007
... 2006
Madeleine Linscott
... 2006
Narrator
... 2006
Presenter
... 2005
Maggie Fitzgerald
... 2004
Alice Paul
... 2004
Sarah Barcant
... 2004
... 2003
Buzzy
... 2003
Maj. Rebecca Childs
... 2003
Narrator
... 2003
Ellie Burr
... 2002
Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
... 2001
... 2001
Valerie Barksdale
... 2000
Brandon Teena
... 1999
Sylvia Orsini
... 1998
Lauren Schall
... 1997
Lisa Connors
... 1997
Lolita
... 1997
Colleen
... 1996
Michelle Porter
... 1996
Deena Marten
... 1996
Julie Pierce
... 1994
Patty Yaklich
... 1994
Kimberly Hannah
... 1992
