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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Saturday Night Live

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The View

All Movies (55)

• Clint Eastwood : la légende2025 · as Self
• Ordinary Angels2024 · as Sharon Stevens
• The Good Mother2023 · as Marissa Bennings
• Fatale2020 · as Det. Valerie Quinlan
• Disclosure2020 · as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
• The Hunt2020 · as Athena
• I Am Mother2019 · as Woman
• What They Had2018 · as Bridget
• Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• 55 Steps2018 · as Colette Hughes
• Double Dutchess: Seeing Double2017
• Logan Lucky2017 · as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
• Spark: A Space Tail2016 · as The Queen (voice)
• You're Not You2014 · as Kate
• The Homesman2014 · as Mary Bee Cuddy
• Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story2013 · as Self
• Mary and Martha2013 · as Mary
• New Year's Eve2011 · as Claire Morgan
• The Resident2011 · as Juliet Devereau
• Conviction2010 · as Betty Anne Waters
• Amelia2009 · as Amelia Earhart
• Birds of America2008 · as Laura
• P.S. I Love You2007 · as Holly
• The Reaping2007 · as Katherine
• Freedom Writers2007 · as Erin Gruwell
• ...So Goes the Nation2006 · as Self
• The Black Dahlia2006 · as Madeleine Linscott
• On Native Soil2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast2005 · as Self - Presenter
• James Lipton Takes on Three2005 · as Self
• Born to Fight2005 · as Self
• Million Dollar Baby2004 · as Maggie Fitzgerald
• 11:142004 · as Buzzy
• Iron Jawed Angels2004 · as Alice Paul
• Red Dust2004 · as Sarah Barcant
• Sex at 24 Frames Per Second2003 · as Self
• The Core2003 · as Maj. Rebecca Childs
• Under Antarctic Ice2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• Insomnia2002 · as Ellie Burr
• The Affair of the Necklace2001 · as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
• The Concert for New York City2001 · as Self
• The Gift2000 · as Valerie Barksdale
• The Audition2000
• Boys Don't Cry1999 · as Brandon Teena
• Heartwood1998 · as Sylvia Orsini
• The Sleepwalker Killing1997 · as Lauren Schall
• Dying to Belong1997 · as Lisa Connors
• Quiet Days in Hollywood1997 · as Lolita
• Kounterfeit1996 · as Colleen
• Sometimes They Come Back... Again1996 · as Michelle Porter
• Terror in the Family1996 · as Deena Marten
• The Next Karate Kid1994 · as Julie Pierce
• Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story1994 · as Patty Yaklich
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer1992 · as Kimberly Hannah
• N.A.R.—

All TV Shows (42)

• Alaska Daily2022 · as Eileen Fitzgerald
• Yellowjackets2021 · as Adult Melissa
• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy2021 · as Self
• Away2020 · as Emma Green
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle2019 · as Self
• The Masked Singer2019 · as Special Message (via video)
• Explained2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Trust2018 · as Gail Getty
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Joey Pogo (voice)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Talk2010 · as Self
• The Jay Leno Show2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self - Guest
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• Leaving L.A.1997 · as Tiffany Roebuck
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Camp Wilder1992 · as Danielle
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Harry and the Hendersons1991 · as Chelsea
• Beverly Hills, 902101990 · as Carly Reynolds
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Growing Pains1985 · as Sasha Serotsky
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter