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Tilda Swinton Biography

Birth Name:Katherine Matilda Swinton

Birth Place:London, England, United Kingdom

Profession Actress, Producer, Soundtrack, Writer, Director, Music department

Fast Facts

  • Founded the Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams festival in 2008
  • Was honored by The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit in 2013
  • Started out acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Studied political science at Cambridge University before leaving to become an actress
  • Quote: "There is something insane about a lack of doubt․ Doubt, to me anyway, is what makes you human, and without doubt even the righteous lose their grip not only on reality but also on their humanity․"
  • Often portrays demanding, persistent characters in her roles
  • Was a former classmate of Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
  • Was featured on folk singer Patrick Wolf's album "The Bachelor․"

Awards

  • 1991Volpi Cup-Best Actress: winner
  • 1992Best Actress-: winner
  • 1993BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Actress - Film: nominated
  • 1993David-Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera): winner
  • 1993European Film Award-European Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 1993Golden Pegasus-Best Foreign Actress: winner
  • 1993Golden Space Needle Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 1997BSFC Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2001BSFC Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2001Genie-Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 2001NYFCC Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2001TFCA Award-Best Performance, Female: nominated
  • 2002ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
  • 2002CFCA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2002DFWFCA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2002Independent Spirit Award-Best Female Lead: nominated
  • 2002Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: nominated
  • 2002Sierra Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2002OFCS Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2002PFCS Award-Best Actress in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 2002Golden Satellite Award-Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: nominated
  • 2003Actor-Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2003British Independent Film Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2003Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
  • 2003OFCS Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
  • 2003PFCS Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Actress in a Scottish Film: winner
  • 2004ALFS Award-British Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2005Best Actress-: winner
  • 2006Saturn Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2006Chainsaw Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2006ALFS Award-British Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2006MTV Movie Award-Best Villain: nominated
  • 2007EDA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2007ACCA-Best Actress in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2007CFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2007DFWFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2007DFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2007Golden Schmoes-Best Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2007ICP Award-Best Supporting Performance: nominated
  • 2007KCFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2007Satellite Award-Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama: nominated
  • 2007Satellite Award-Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: nominated
  • 2007SLFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2007TFCA Award-Best Supporting Performance, Female: nominated
  • 2007VVFP Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008Oscar-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: winner
  • 2008Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2008ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
  • 2008ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
  • 2008BAFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2008Critics Choice Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2008Gold Derby Film Award-Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2008HFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008INOCA-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008ALFS Award-British Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2008NSFC Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008NTFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2008OFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008OFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2008VFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2009Saturn Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2009Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2009Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2009César-Best Actress (Meilleure actrice): nominated
  • 2009Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2009Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
  • 2009ICP Award-Best Lead Performance: winner
  • 2009IOFCP Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2009ALFS Award-British Supporting Actress of the Year: winner
  • 2009ALFS Award-British Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2009NYFCC Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2009VVFP Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2010DFCC-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2010Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Female Performance: winner
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award-Lead Actress: nominated
  • 2010ICP Award-Best Lead Performance: nominated
  • 2010ICS Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2010INOCA-Best Actress: winner
  • 2010European Silver Ribbon-: winner
  • 2010OFTA Film Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2010OFCS Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2010SDFCS Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award-Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: nominated
  • 2010VVFP Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011EDA Special Mention Award-Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction: nominated
  • 2011AFCA Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2011ACCA-Best Actress in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 2011British Independent Film Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011DFWFCA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011DFCC-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011European Film Award-European Actress: winner
  • 2011Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011EuroCinema Hawai'i Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2011HFCS Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2011IFJA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011ICP Award-Best Lead Performance: nominated
  • 2011ICS Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011ALFS Award-British Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2011NBR Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2011SDFCS Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011SFFCC Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2011SEFCA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011VVFP Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011WAFCA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2011Courage in Acting Award-: nominated
  • 2011WFCC Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012AACTA International Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 2012EDA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012BAFTA Film Award-Best Leading Actress: nominated
  • 2012BSFC Award-Best Ensemble Cast: nominated
  • 2012Critics Choice Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012GAFCA Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012Gold Derby Film Award-Lead Actress: nominated
  • 2012Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: nominated
  • 2012Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Ensemble Performance: nominated
  • 2012INOCA-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2012IOFCP Award-Best Actress in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 2012IFTA Award-Best International Actress: nominated
  • 2012IOMA-Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista): nominated
  • 2012ALFS Award-Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2012ALFS Award-British Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2012OFTA Film Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2012OFCS Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2012PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: winner
  • 2012Rembrandt Award-Best International Actress (Beste Buitenlandse Actrice): nominated
  • 2012SEFCA Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
  • 2013APFF Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2013COFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2013CinEuphoria-Best Actress - International Competition: nominated
  • 2013Cinema Bloggers Award-Best Actress - International Competition: nominated
  • 2013CCOP-Best Actress (Melhor Atriz): nominated
  • 2013Critics Award-Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira): winner
  • 2014BOFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2014CinEuphoria-Best Duo - International Competition: nominated
  • 2014CinEuphoria-Best Actress - International Competition: nominated
  • 2014DFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2014DFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014FFCC Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2014Golden Schmoes-Best Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2014ICP Award-Best Lead Actress: nominated
  • 2014ICP Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014Halfway Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2014Halfway Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2014Sierra Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2014OFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: nominated
  • 2014SDFCS Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
  • 2014SFFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014SEFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2014SEFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014TFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014UFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014VVFP Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2014VVFP Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2014WAFCA Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2014WAFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actress in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2015Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2015EDA Special Mention Award-Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction: nominated
  • 2015EDA Female Focus Award-Actress Defying Age and Agism: winner
  • 2015EDA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2015BloodGuts UK Horror Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2015COFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2015COFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2015COFCA Award-Actor of the Year: nominated
  • 2015Chlotrudis Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2015Chlotrudis Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015CinEuphoria-Best Supporting Actress - International Competition: winner
  • 2015Critics Choice Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015CCOP-Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Secundária): nominated
  • 2015Chainsaw Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2015Independent Spirit Award-Best Female Lead: nominated
  • 2015GAFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2015GAFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
  • 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015HFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015ICS Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2015ICS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015INOCA-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015IFC Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015NCFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015OFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015Satellite Award-Best Actress in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2015Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2015VFCC Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2016Critics Choice Award-Best Actress in an Action Movie: nominated
  • 2016Lost Weekend Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2016ICP Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2016ALFS Award-Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2017Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2017Saturn Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2017All Def Movie Award-Most Out of Place White Person in a Movie: winner
  • 2017Halfway Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2017NTFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2018DFWFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2018Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2018Fright Meter Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2018GWNYFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2018IFJA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2018Odyssey Award-Best Support Actress: nominated
  • 2019Palmarés blogos de oro-Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de reparto): nominated
  • 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2019Chlotrudis Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2019CinEuphoria-Best Supporting Actress - International Competition: winner
  • 2019Chainsaw Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2019Robert Altman Award-: winner
  • 2019INOCA TV-Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble of the Decade: nominated
  • 2020ALFS Award-Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
  • 2020National Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2021BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Actress - Film: nominated
  • 2021British Independent Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2021NTFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 2022AACTA Award-Best Lead Actress in Film: nominated
  • 2022BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Actress - Film: nominated
  • 2022ICP Award-Best Performance: nominated
  • 2022ALFS Award-British/Irish Actress of the Year: winner
  • 2023British Independent Film Award-Best Lead Performance: nominated
  • 2023COFCA Award-Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work): nominated
  • 2023DFCC-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2023Golden Panda Award-Best Actress in a Leading Role for a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2023NSFC Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2023Sant Jordi-Best Actress in a Foreign Film (Millor actriu en pel·lícula estrangera): winner
  • 2024BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Actress - Film: nominated
  • 2024European Film Award-European Actress: nominated
  • 2024IFJA Award-Best Supporting Performance: nominated
  • 2024ICFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
  • 2024ALFS Award-British/Irish Performer of the Year: nominated
  • 2025BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Actress - Film/Television: nominated
  • 2025CinEuphoria-Best Actress - Audience Award: winner
  • 2025CinEuphoria-Best Actress - International Competition: nominated
  • 2025Golden Globe-Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: nominated
  • 2025Goya-Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Protagonista): nominated
  • 2025Satellite Award-Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: nominated
  • 2025WFCC Award-Best Screen Couple: nominated