Hilary Swank
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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).
Known for
Credits
The Hunt (2020)
as Athena
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
as Maggie Fitzgerald
Logan Lucky (2017)
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
P.S. I Love You (2007)
as Holly
Freedom Writers (2007)
as Erin Gruwell
The Core (2003)
as Maj. Rebecca Childs
New Year's Eve (2011)
as Claire Morgan
Insomnia (2002)
as Ellie Burr
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
as Julie Pierce
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
as Brandon Teena
You're Not You (2014)
as Kate
Ordinary Angels (2024)
as Sharon Stevens
I Am Mother (2019)
as Woman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
as Kimberly Hannah
The Homesman (2014)
as Mary Bee Cuddy
The Black Dahlia (2006)
as Madeleine Linscott
The Gift (2000)
as Valerie Barksdale
The Resident (2011)
as Juliet Devereau
The Reaping (2007)
as Katherine
Fatale (2020)
as Det. Valerie Quinlan
11:14 (2004)
as Buzzy
Spark: A Space Tail (2016)
as The Queen (voice)
Conviction (2010)
as Betty Anne Waters
55 Steps (2018)
as Colette Hughes
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
as Self
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
as Alice Paul
Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996)
as Michelle Porter
Amelia (2009)
as Amelia Earhart
The Concert for New York City (2001)
as Self
What They Had (2018)
as Bridget
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self - Presenter
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
The Good Mother (2023)
as Marissa Bennings
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
Disclosure (2020)
as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double (2017)
Actor
Clint Eastwood : la légende (2025)
as Self
Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997)
as Lolita
...So Goes the Nation (2006)
as Self
Birds of America (2008)
as Laura
Mary and Martha (2013)
as Mary
Kounterfeit (1996)
as Colleen
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (1994)
as Patty Yaklich
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Family (1996)
as Deena Marten
Dying to Belong (1997)
as Lisa Connors
Heartwood (1998)
as Sylvia Orsini
The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
as Lauren Schall
James Lipton Takes on Three (2005)
as Self
Red Dust (2004)
as Sarah Barcant
N.A.R. (—)
Actor
Born to Fight (2005)
as Self
On Native Soil (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
The Audition (2000)
Actor
Under Antarctic Ice (2003)
as Narrator (voice)