person

Hilary Swank

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-07-30

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Hilary Swank

Biography

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).

Also Known For

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Million Dollar Baby

Dec 05, 2004

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Boys Don't Cry

Sep 02, 1999

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Insomnia

May 24, 2002

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The Gift

Mar 16, 2000

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Freedom Writers

Jan 05, 2007

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Jul 24, 1992

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The Reaping

Apr 05, 2007

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The Next Karate Kid

Jul 18, 1994

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P.S. I Love You

Nov 15, 2007

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Amelia

Oct 22, 2009

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11:14

Sep 05, 2003

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The Core

Mar 28, 2003

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The Black Dahlia

Sep 15, 2006

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Sometimes They Come Back... Again

Sep 03, 1996

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Under Antarctic Ice

Jan 12, 2003

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Red Dust

Jan 11, 2004

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Birds of America

Oct 09, 2008

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New Year's Eve

Dec 08, 2011

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Conviction

Oct 15, 2010

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Iron Jawed Angels

Jan 16, 2004

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The Resident

Feb 10, 2011

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The Affair of the Necklace

Nov 30, 2001

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Dying to Belong

Feb 24, 1997

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...So Goes the Nation

Oct 04, 2006

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Kounterfeit

Nov 15, 1996

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Terror in the Family

Apr 16, 1996

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The Sleepwalker Killing

Apr 28, 1997

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Quiet Days in Hollywood

Jan 01, 1997

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Mary and Martha

Mar 01, 2013

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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Apr 27, 2013

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Ordinary Angels

Feb 22, 2024

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Disclosure

Jun 19, 2020

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The Homesman

May 18, 2014

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The Good Mother

Aug 31, 2023

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You're Not You

Oct 10, 2014

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Heartwood

Apr 19, 1998

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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Sep 02, 2005

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N.A.R.

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Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

Feb 01, 1994

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Spark: A Space Tail

Apr 22, 2016

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On Native Soil

Jan 01, 2006

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Logan Lucky

Aug 17, 2017

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55 Steps

Mar 01, 2018

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What They Had

Oct 19, 2018

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Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

Sep 20, 2017

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I Am Mother

Jun 07, 2019

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The Concert for New York City

Oct 20, 2001

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Fatale

Dec 18, 2020

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The Hunt

Mar 11, 2020

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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Sep 23, 2003

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Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

May 15, 2018

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The Audition

Dec 09, 2000

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Clint Eastwood : la légende

May 23, 2025

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Growing Pains

Sep 24, 1985

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Sep 08, 2003

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jan 26, 2003

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The Daily Show

Jul 22, 1996

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Today

Jan 14, 1952

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Sep 05, 1988

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The View

Aug 11, 1997

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

May 25, 1992

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The Early Show

Nov 01, 1999

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The Jay Leno Show

Sep 14, 2009

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sep 13, 1993

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Camp Wilder

Sep 18, 1992

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Leaving L.A.

Apr 12, 1997

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The Masked Singer

Jan 02, 2019

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The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

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Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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Wetten, dass..?

Feb 14, 1981

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The Late Late Show with James Corden

Mar 23, 2015

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Chelsea

May 11, 2016

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Trust

Mar 25, 2018

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Alaska Daily

Oct 06, 2022

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Beverly Hills, 90210

Oct 04, 1990

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47

Leute heute

Jul 23, 1997

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50

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Dec 21, 2014

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50

Punk'd

Mar 17, 2003

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48

The Reichen Show

Nov 11, 2005

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65

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Sep 09, 2019

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59

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Feb 17, 2014

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51

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Jul 16, 2009

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66

Away

Sep 04, 2020

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56

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Feb 03, 1984

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55

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Sep 05, 1988

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Bambi-Verleihung

Jan 01, 1948

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Harry and the Hendersons

Jan 13, 1991

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Explained

May 23, 2018

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BoJack Horseman

Aug 22, 2014

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Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Sep 09, 2021

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Today with Hoda & Jenna

Apr 08, 2019

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Yellowjackets

Nov 14, 2021

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Golden Globe Awards

Jan 20, 1944

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I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!

Nov 17, 2019