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