Tilda Swinton

Acting

Born 1960-11-05 London, England, UK 200 credits Academy Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 1 European Film Award for Best Actress 1 Saturn Award for Best Actress 2 Mary Pickford Award 1 Sitges Grand Honorary Award 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

2008 Best Supporting Actress Won Michael Clayton

BAFTA Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

2012 Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated We Need to Talk About Kevin
2009 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated Burn After Reading
2008 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won Michael Clayton

European Film Award for Best Actress 1 won · 2 nominated

2024 Best Actress Nominated The Room Next Door
2011 Best Actress Won We Need to Talk About Kevin
1993 Best Actress Nominated Orlando

Saturn Award for Best Actress 2 won

2017 Best Actress Won Doctor Strange
2006 Best Actress Won The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Mary Pickford Award 1 won

— Mary Pickford Award Won

Sitges Grand Honorary Award 1 won

2018 Sitges Grand Honorary Award Won

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Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 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.