Hilary Swank
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1974
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
- N.A.R.
N.A.R. TBA
Actor, Executive Producer
- Clint Eastwood : la légende
Clint Eastwood : la légende 2025
as Self
Ordinary Angels 2024
as Sharon Stevens
The Good Mother 2023
as Marissa Bennings, Executive Producer
Fatale 2020
as Det. Valerie Quinlan, Producer
Disclosure 2020
as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
The Hunt 2020
as Athena
I Am Mother 2019
as Woman
What They Had 2018
as Bridget, Executive Producer
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya 2018
as Self (archive footage)
55 Steps 2018
as Colette Hughes
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double 2017
Actor
Logan Lucky 2017
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Spark: A Space Tail 2016
as The Queen (voice)
You're Not You 2014
as Kate, Producer
The Homesman 2014
as Mary Bee Cuddy
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story 2013
as Self
Mary and Martha 2013
as Mary
New Year's Eve 2011
as Claire Morgan
Something Borrowed 2011
Producer
The Resident 2011
as Juliet Devereau, Executive Producer
Conviction 2010
as Betty Anne Waters, Executive Producer
Amelia 2009
as Amelia Earhart
Birds of America 2008
as Laura
P.S. I Love You 2007
as Holly
The Reaping 2007
as Katherine
Freedom Writers 2007
as Erin Gruwell, Executive Producer
Beautiful Ohio 2006
Producer
...So Goes the Nation 2006
as Self
The Black Dahlia 2006
as Madeleine Linscott
On Native Soil 2006
as Narrator (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast 2005
as Self - Presenter
Born to Fight 2005
as Self
- James Lipton Takes on Three
James Lipton Takes on Three 2005
as Self
Million Dollar Baby 2004
as Maggie Fitzgerald
11:14 2004
as Buzzy, Executive Producer
Iron Jawed Angels 2004
as Alice Paul
Red Dust 2004
as Sarah Barcant
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second 2003
as Self
The Core 2003
as Maj. Rebecca Childs
Under Antarctic Ice 2003
as Narrator (voice)
Insomnia 2002
as Ellie Burr
The Affair of the Necklace 2001
as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
The Concert for New York City 2001
as Self
The Gift 2000
as Valerie Barksdale
The Audition 2000
Actor
Boys Don't Cry 1999
as Brandon Teena
Heartwood 1998
as Sylvia Orsini
The Sleepwalker Killing 1997
as Lauren Schall
Dying to Belong 1997
as Lisa Connors
Quiet Days in Hollywood 1997
as Lolita
Kounterfeit 1996
as Colleen
Sometimes They Come Back... Again 1996
as Michelle Porter
Terror in the Family 1996
as Deena Marten
The Next Karate Kid 1994
as Julie Pierce
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story 1994
as Patty Yaklich
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992
as Kimberly Hannah
Credits from TMDB.