Tilda Swinton Profile
Tilda Swinton
Swinton at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Birth name Katherine Mathilda Swinton
Born November 5, 1960 (1960-11-05) (age 47) London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986-present
Spouse(s) John Byrne
Awards
BAFTA Awards
Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2007 Michael Clayton
Tilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is a BAFTA-winning, Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films.
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life
2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links
Biography
Early life Born Katherine Mathilda Swinton in London, Tilda Swinton is the daughter of Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, KCVO, by his Australian spouse Judith Balfour (née Killen). Swinton attended West Heath Girls' School (the same class as Diana, Princess of Wales), and also Fettes College for a brief period. In 1983, she graduated from New Hall at Cambridge University with a degree in Social and Political Sciences.
Career Carving out an international reputation as a risk taker, she has always eschewed conventional leading lady roles. She worked with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a career in film in the mid-1980s. Her early film work included several film roles for director Derek Jarman, and also the title role in Orlando, Sally Potter's film version of the novel by Virginia Woolf. Swinton gained great artistic acclaim for a period in 1995 when she developed a performance/installation art piece in which as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery, London. She was on display to the public for a week, asleep or apparently so, in a glass case, as a piece of performance art. The piece is often erroneously credited to Cornelia Parker, whom Swinton invited to collaborate for the installation in London. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at the Museo Barracco in Rome. She also appeared in the music video for Orbital's "The Box". Recent years have seen her move towards more mainstream projects, including the leading role in the well-reviewed American film The Deep End (2001), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She appeared as the scheming archangel Gabriel in Constantine with Keanu Reeves, as a supporting character in films such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Swinton has also appeared in British films: The Statement (2003) and Young Adam (2004), and sat on the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, her performance as the sinister, seductive villainess, the White Witch Jadis, in the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe garnered critical praise as did her portrayal of Audrey Cobb in the Mike Mills film adaptation of the novel Thumbsucker. Her performance of Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton (2007) also drew rave reviews as well as her second Golden Globe nomination and her first Academy Award nomination. Tilda Swinton was the narrator throughout ITV Channel 4's hour-long documentary Hitler's Favourite Royal, broadcast on Thursday, December 6, 2007.
Personal life Swinton lives in the far north of Scotland with John Byrne, the father of her twins, Xavier and Honor. She has recently been in the news for her relationship with Sandro Kopp, painter while continuing her live-in relationship with Byrne. Apparently her new relationship has Byrne's blessing. In August 2006 she received an Honorary Doctorate from Napier University and opened its new Screen Academy Scotland production centre.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Egomania - Insel ohne Hoffnung Sally
"Zastrozzi: A Romance" Julia Mini TV series
Caravaggio Lena
1987 Aria Young Girl (segment "Depuis le jour")
Friendship's Death Friendship
1988 The Last of England
Das Andere Ende der Welt
Degrees of Blindness
L' Ispirazione
1990 "Your Cheatin' Heart" Cissie Crouch TV series
The Garden Madonna
1989 Play Me Something Hairdresser TV
War Requiem Nurse
1991 Edward II Isabella
The Party: Nature Morte Queenie
1992 "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" Ophelia Mini TV series; voice
Orlando Orlando
Man to Man Ella/Max Gericke
1993 Blue
Voice
Das Offene Universum Carla TV
Wittgenstein Lady Ottoline Morrell
1994 Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Visions of Heaven and Hell Narrator TV
1996 Female Perversions Eve Stephens
1997 Conceiving Ada Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Muriel Belcher
1999 The War Zone Mum
2000 Possible Worlds Joyce
The Beach Sal
2001 Vanilla Sky Rebecca Dearborn
The Deep End Margaret Hall Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Drama Picture
2002 Adaptation Valerie Thomas
Teknolust Rosetta/Ruby/Marinne/Olive
2003 The Statement Annemarie Livi
Young Adam Ella Gault
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Jadis, the White Witch
Broken Flowers Penny
Constantine Angel Gabriel
Thumbsucker Audrey Cobb
2006 Stephanie Daley Lydie Crane
Galapagos Narrator BBC Documentary
2007 Strange Culture Herself
The Man from London
Julia Julia
Michael Clayton Karen Crowder Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and BAFTA win for Best Supporting Actress
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Elizabeth Abbott post-production
Burn After Reading Katie Cox post-production
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The White Witch Cameo; post-production
Come Like Shadows Lady Macbeth pre-production
Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll's dream wife pre-production
References
^ Dewar, Peter Beauclerk, Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain - The Kingdom in Scotland, 19th edition, vol.1, Wilmington, Delaware, 2001, p.1317. ISBN 0-9711966-0-5
External links
Tilda Swinton at the Internet Movie Database Tilda Swinton Fansite and postingboards BFI: Tilda Swinton From The Guardian From BBC (2004) From NarniaWeb (2005) From Dark Horizons (2005)
Awards
Preceded by Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress 2007 for Michael Clayton Succeeded by TBD
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