Hilary Swank
Acting
🎂 1974-07-30
Hilary Ann Swank 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).
Cast credits(96)
Self
1996
Self
2014
Carly Reynolds
1990
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2019
Self - Host
1975
Joey Pogo (voice)
2014
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Self - Guest
2015
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self
1997
Self
2003
Self
2003
Self
1981
1988
Self - Guest
1988
Adult Melissa
2021
Self
1992
Self
2003
Special Message (via video)
2019
Self - Guest
1993
Narrator (voice)
2018
Self
2005
Self
1953
Self
1984
Sasha Serotsky
1985
Self
1948
Self
2016
Maggie Fitzgerald
2004
Athena
2020
Maj. Rebecca Childs
2003
Holly
2007
Erin Gruwell
2007
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
2017
Julie Pierce
1994
Self
2009
Det. Valerie Quinlan
2020
Betty Anne Waters
2010
Mary Bee Cuddy
2014
Self - Presenter
2005
Ellie Burr
2002
Self
2019
Madeleine Linscott
2006
Valerie Barksdale
2000
Chelsea
1991
Gail Getty
2018
Brandon Teena
1999
Claire Morgan
2011
Emma Green
2020
Lisa Connors
1997
Patty Yaklich
1994
Mary
2013
Katherine
2007
Juliet Devereau
2011
Self - Contestant
2019
Self
2013
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
2020
Sharon Stevens
2024
Eileen Fitzgerald
2022
Kimberly Hannah
1992
Colette Hughes
2018
Amelia Earhart
2009
Self
2025
Self
2005
Woman
2019
Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
2001
Self
2005
Michelle Porter
1996
Kate
2014
Self
2021
Danielle
1992
2017
The Queen (voice)
2016
Lauren Schall
1997
Buzzy
2003
Sarah Barcant
2004
Marissa Bennings
2023
2000
Self
2001
Alice Paul
2004
Laura
2008
Self
1952
Self
2003
Narrator (voice)
2006
Bridget
2018
Sylvia Orsini
1998
Deena Marten
1996
Narrator (voice)
2003
Lolita
1997
Tiffany Roebuck
1997
Colleen
1996
Self
2006
Self
1999
Self (archive footage)
2018
