Tilda Swinton
Born
November 5, 1960 (64 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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 film-maker 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.
Known For
The End
Mother
2024
The Room Next Door
Martha / Michelle
2024
The Killer
The Expert
2023
All Kinds of Love
Self
2023
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Narrator (voice)
2023
Cannes Uncut
Self
2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022
Durmiente
2022
Goliath: Playing with Reality
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Self
2020
Uncut Gems
Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
2019
Hail, Caesar!
Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
2016
A Bigger Splash
Marianne Lane
2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Social Services
2015
Trainwreck
Dianna
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
2015
Dreams Rewired
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Gospel According to St Derek
Self
2014
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Self
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Madame D.
2014
Only Lovers Left Alive
Eve
2013
The Zero Theorem
Dr. Shrink-Rom
2013
Snowpiercer
Mason
2013
Death for a Unicorn
Narrator (voice)
2013
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
2013
Love Flesh
Self
2013
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Narrator (voice)
2013
Radioman
Self
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Social Services
2012
Cinema Is Everywhere
Self
2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Eva Khatchadourian
2011
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
White Witch
2010
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
2010
Climate of Change
Narrator (voice)
2010
I Am Love
Emma Recchi
2010
The Invisible Frame
The Cyclist
2009
The Limits of Control
Blonde
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Elizabeth Abbott
2008
Burn After Reading
Katie Cox
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
White Witch
2008
Julia
Julia
2008
Michael Clayton
Karen Crowder
2007
The Man from London
Camélia
2007
Stephanie Daley
Lydie Crane
2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007
Strange Culture
Hope Kurtz
2007
Sleepwalkers
Violinist working as a Copy Clerk
2007
Deep Water
Narrator (voice)
2006
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
Self
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
White Witch
2005
Thumbsucker
Audrey Cobb
2005
Broken Flowers
Penny
2005
Constantine
Gabriel
2005
The Statement
Annemarie Livi
2003
Young Adam
Ella Gault
2003
Adaptation.
Valerie Thomas
2002
Teknolust
Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
2002
Vanilla Sky
Rebecca Dearborn
2001
The Deep End
Margaret Hall
2001
The Dilapidated Dwelling
Narrator (voice)
2000
Possible Worlds
Joyce
2000
The Beach
Sal
2000
The Protagonists
Actress
1999
The War Zone
Mum
1999
Conceiving Ada
Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Muriel Belcher
1998
Female Perversions
Evelyn Stephens
1997
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Glitterbug
Self
1994
Blue
(voice)
1993
Wittgenstein
Lady Ottoline Morrell
1993
Orlando
Orlando
1992
Edward II
Isabella
1991
The Party: Nature Morte
Queenie
1991
The Garden
Madonna/Voice Overs
1990
War Requiem
The Nurse
1989
Volcano Saga
Gudrun
1989
Cycling the Frame
The Cyclist
1988
Degrees of Blindness
1988
Friendship's Death
Friendship
1987
Aria
Young Girl
1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Sally
1987
Caravaggio
Lena
1986
The Sluggard
The Sluggard
1986
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
The Ballad of a Small Player
Instant Coffee
Self
2025
Impulse: Playing with reality
Narrator
2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
2024
January Stories (version Harinezumi)
2024
Chroma
2024
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
Self
2024
Transparent
2024
Fantasmas
Water (voice) · (1 episode)
2024
Problemista
Elizabeth
2024
Asteroid City
Dr. Hickenlooper
2023
The Eternal Daughter
Julie / Rosalind
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Alithea
2022
Sleep Song
2022
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
2021
The French Dispatch
J.K.L. Berensen
2021
The Souvenir: Part II
Rosalind
2021
Memoria
Jessica Holland
2021
What If...?
The Ancient One (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2021
The Human Voice
Woman
2020
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
2020
Last and First Men
Narrator (voice)
2020
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
2019
The Boys
Ambrosius (voice) · (3 episodes)
2019
The Souvenir
Rosalind
2019
The Dead Don't Die
Zelda Winston
2019
Avengers: Endgame
The Ancient One
2019
What We Do in the Shadows
Tilda · (1 episode)
2019
Suspiria
Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
2018
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice) · (14 episodes)
2018
Isle of Dogs
Oracle (voice)
2018
Letters from Generation Rx
Narrator (voice)
2017
Okja
Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
2017
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Self
2017
War Machine
German Politician
2017
Letters from Baghdad
Gertrude Bell (voice)
2017
async - first light
2017
Tania Libre
Narrator (voice)
2017
Doctor Strange
The Ancient One
2016
Phantom of the Universe
Narrator
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Antarctica: On the Edge
Narrator (voice)
2014
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
When Björk Met Attenborough
Narrator (voice)
2013
One Water
2013
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013
Ashes
Self
2012
Song 1
Self
2012
Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2011
14 Actors Acting
Self
2010
Getting On
Elke · (1 episode)
2009
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
Self
2009
Derek
Narrator (voice)
2008
The New Ten Commandments
Self
2008
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Faceless
Narrator (voice)
2007
Hitler's Favourite Royal
Narrator
2007
Galapagos
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2006
The Somme
Narrator (voice)
2005
Made in Hollywood
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Self
2002
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Orbital: The Box
Traveller
1996
Death of a World Star
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Narrator (voice)
1994
The Open Universe
Carla
1993
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Self
1991
Death in Her Hands
Vesta Gul
Hamlet
Ophelia
Hamlet
Ophelia
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Ophelia (voice) · (1 episode)
1992
Man to Man
Ella / Max Gerike
1992
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
Cissie Crouch · (6 episodes)
1990
Play Me Something
Hairdresser
1989
A Call to Arms
1989
The Last of England
The Maid
1987
Depuis le Jour
1987
Caprice
Lucky
1986
Zastrozzi: A Romance
Julia · (4 episodes)
1986
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944