Tilda Swinton
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 ActressWinner
- 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 ActressWinner
- 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 RibbonWinner
- 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 AwardNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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