Hilary Swank
- Teen actor
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).
Acted in
Ordinary Angels
2024
as Sharon Stevens
The Good Mother
2023
as Marissa Bennings
Alaska Daily
2022
as Eileen Fitzgerald
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
Fatale
2020
as Det. Valerie Quinlan
Away
2020
as Emma Green
Disclosure
2020
as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
The Hunt
2020
as Athena
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
2019
as Self - Contestant
I Am Mother
2019
as Woman
The Masked Singer
2019
as Special Message (via video)
What They Had
2018
as Bridget
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Trust
2018
as Gail Getty
55 Steps
2018
as Colette Hughes
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
Logan Lucky
2017
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Spark: A Space Tail
2016
as The Queen (voice)
You're Not You
2014
as Kate
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Joey Pogo (voice)
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
The Resident
2011
as Juliet Devereau
Conviction
2010
as Betty Anne Waters
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
...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self
The Black Dahlia
2006
as Madeleine Linscott
On Native Soil
2006
as Narrator (voice)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
2005
as Self - Presenter
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Maggie Fitzgerald
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Alice Paul
Red Dust
2004
as Sarah Barcant
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
11:14
2003
as Buzzy
11:14
2003
The Core
2003
as Maj. Rebecca Childs
Punk'd
2003
as Self
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
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Brandon Teena
Heartwood
1998
as Sylvia Orsini
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Lauren Schall
Leaving L.A.
1997
as Tiffany Roebuck
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
Camp Wilder
1992
as Danielle
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Kimberly Hannah
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
as Chelsea
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Carly Reynolds
Growing Pains
1985
as Sasha Serotsky
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self
