Hilary Swank
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1974-07-30 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Hilary Ann 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).
Known For
TV Shows (39)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Carly Reynolds
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Joey Pogo (voice)
Leute heute
1997
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Masked Singer
2019
as Special Message (via video)
Yellowjackets
2021
as Adult Melissa
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
Punk'd
2003
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Growing Pains
1985
as Sasha Serotsky
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
as Self
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
as Chelsea
Today
1952
as Self
Away
2020
as Emma Green
Trust
2018
as Gail Getty
Alaska Daily
2022
as Eileen Fitzgerald
Camp Wilder
1992
as Danielle
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
Leaving L.A.
1997
as Tiffany Roebuck
Movies (55)
The Hunt
2020
as Athena
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Maggie Fitzgerald
The Core
2003
as Maj. Rebecca Childs
Logan Lucky
2017
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Insomnia
2002
as Ellie Burr
The Gift
2000
as Valerie Barksdale
P.S. I Love You
2007
as Holly
Freedom Writers
2007
as Erin Gruwell
The Next Karate Kid
1994
as Julie Pierce
Fatale
2020
as Det. Valerie Quinlan
Ordinary Angels
2024
as Sharon Stevens
Disclosure
2020
as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
New Year's Eve
2011
as Claire Morgan
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Kimberly Hannah
The Reaping
2007
as Katherine
11:14
2004
as Buzzy
The Homesman
2014
as Mary Bee Cuddy
The Black Dahlia
2006
as Madeleine Linscott
I Am Mother
2019
as Woman
The Resident
2011
as Juliet Devereau
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Brandon Teena
You're Not You
2014
as Kate
55 Steps
2018
as Colette Hughes
The Good Mother
2023
as Marissa Bennings
The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
Conviction
2010
as Betty Anne Waters
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Alice Paul
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996
as Michelle Porter
Spark: A Space Tail
2016
as The Queen (voice)
Amelia
2009
as Amelia Earhart
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
Red Dust
2004
as Sarah Barcant
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025
as Self
Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary
Dying to Belong
1997
as Lisa Connors
What They Had
2018
as Bridget
Heartwood
1998
as Sylvia Orsini
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self
Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997
as Lolita
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
Kounterfeit
1996
as Colleen
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
1994
as Patty Yaklich
Terror in the Family
1996
as Deena Marten
Birds of America
2008
as Laura
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Lauren Schall
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Audition
2000
On Native Soil
2006
as Narrator (voice)
N.A.R.
Born to Fight
2005
as Self
James Lipton Takes on Three
2005
as Self
Under Antarctic Ice
2003
as Narrator (voice)
About Hilary Swank
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 transge… With 94 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Hilary Swank has appeared in 55 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hilary Swank Movies
- The Hunt (2020) — as Athena
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) — as Maggie Fitzgerald
- The Core (2003) — as Maj. Rebecca Childs
- Logan Lucky (2017) — as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
- Insomnia (2002) — as Ellie Burr
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