Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton (born Katherine Matilda Swinton; 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 filmmaker 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.
Acted in
The End
2024
as Mother
Impulse: Playing with reality
2024
as Narrator
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024
as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
The Room Next Door
2024
as Martha / Michelle
January Stories (version Harinezumi)
2024
Chroma
2024
Orbital: Glastonbury 2024
2024
as Self
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
2024
as Self
Transparent
2024
Fantasmas
2024
as Water (voice)
Fantasmas
2024
as Water
Problemista
2024
as Elizabeth
The Killer
2023
as The Expert
All Kinds of Love
2023
as Self
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self
Asteroid City
2023
as Dr. Hickenlooper
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
as Self
The Eternal Daughter
2022
as Julie / Rosalind
Durmiente
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as Alithea
Sleep Song
2022
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021
as Self
Goliath: Playing with Reality
2021
as Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch
2021
as J.K.L. Berensen
The Souvenir: Part II
2021
as Rosalind
Memoria
2021
as Jessica Holland
What If...?
2021
as The Ancient One (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
2020
as Self
The Human Voice
2020
as Woman
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Last and First Men
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Betsey Trotwood
Uncut Gems
2019
as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
The Boys
2019
as Ambrosius (voice)
The Souvenir
2019
as Rosalind
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Zelda Winston
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as The Ancient One
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Tilda
Suspiria
2018
as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Oracle (voice)
Letters from Generation Rx
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Okja
2017
as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
2017
as Self
War Machine
2017
as German Politician
Letters from Baghdad
2017
as Gertrude Bell (voice)
async - first light
2017
Tania Libre
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Strange
2016
as The Ancient One
Phantom of the Universe
2016
as Narrator
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
A Bigger Splash
2015
as Marianne Lane
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015
as Self / Social Services
Trainwreck
2015
as Dianna
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
as Self
Dreams Rewired
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
as Self
Antarctica: On the Edge
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
2014
as Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014
as Self
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Madame D.
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Eve
The Zero Theorem
2013
as Dr. Shrink-Rom
Snowpiercer
2013
as Minister Mason
Death for a Unicorn
2013
as Narrator (voice)
When Björk Met Attenborough
2013
as Narrator (voice)
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
as Self (archive footage)
One Water
2013
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013
Love Flesh
2013
as Self
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Radioman
2012
as Self
Ashes
2012
as Self
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Social Services
Song 1
2012
as Self
Cinema Is Everywhere
2011
as Self
Women, War & Peace
2011
as Narrator (voice)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011
as Eva Khatchadourian
14 Actors Acting
2010
as Self
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
as White Witch
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
as Self
Climate of Change
2010
as Narrator (voice)
I Am Love
2010
as Emma Recchi
The Invisible Frame
2009
as The Cyclist
Getting On
2009
as Elke
The Limits of Control
2009
as Blonde
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
2009
as Self
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Elizabeth Abbott
Burn After Reading
2008
as Katie Cox
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as White Witch
Julia
2008
as Julia
Derek
2008
as Narrator (voice)
The New Ten Commandments
2008
as Self
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Michael Clayton
2007
as Karen Crowder
The Man from London
2007
as Camélia
Stephanie Daley
2007
as Lydie Crane
Faceless
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
Strange Culture
2007
as Hope Kurtz
Sleepwalkers
2007
as Violinist working as a Copy Clerk
Deep Water
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Galapagos
2006
as Self - Presenter
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
2006
as Self
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as White Witch
The Somme
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Thumbsucker
2005
as Audrey Cobb
Broken Flowers
2005
as Penny
Constantine
2005
as Gabriel
The Statement
2003
as Annemarie Livi
Young Adam
2003
as Ella Gault
Adaptation.
2002
as Valerie Thomas
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
2002
as Self
Teknolust
2002
as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Rebecca Dearborn
The Deep End
2001
as Margaret Hall
The Dilapidated Dwelling
2000
as Narrator (voice)
Possible Worlds
2000
as Joyce
The Beach
2000
as Sal
The Protagonists
1999
as Actress
The War Zone
1999
as Mum
Conceiving Ada
1999
as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Muriel Belcher
Female Perversions
1997
as Evelyn Stephens
Orbital: The Box
1996
Death of a World Star
1994
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Glitterbug
1994
as Self
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Narrator (voice)
The Open Universe
1993
as Carla
Blue
1993
as (voice)
Wittgenstein
1993
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Orlando
1992
as Orlando
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Ophelia (voice)
Man to Man
1992
as Ella / Max Gerike
Edward II
1991
as Isabella
The Party: Nature Morte
1991
as Queenie
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
1991
as Self
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
as Cissie Crouch
The Garden
1990
as Madonna/Voice Overs
Play Me Something
1989
as Hairdresser
War Requiem
1989
as The Nurse
Volcano Saga
1989
as Gudrun
A Call to Arms
1989
Cycling the Frame
1988
as The Cyclist
Degrees of Blindness
1988
Aria
1987
as Young Girl
The Last of England
1987
as The Maid
Friendship's Death
1987
as Friendship
Depuis le Jour
1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987
as Sally
Caravaggio
1986
as Lena
Zastrozzi: A Romance
1986
as Julia
The Sluggard
1986
as The Sluggard
Caprice
1986
as Lucky
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
