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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200534
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Filmography (Movies)
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2025
The Tree
Character:
Release Date:06/12/2025
Ballad of a Small Player
Character:Cynthia Blithe
Release Date:15/10/2025
Camaraderie
Character:
Release Date:28/09/2025
Phantoms
Character:
Release Date:28/09/2025
Timeslip
Character:
Release Date:25/09/2025
Broken English
Character:The Overseer
Release Date:29/08/2025
Karl
Character:Self
Release Date:29/08/2025
Instant Coffee
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2025
The End
Character:Mother
Release Date:06/12/2024
Impulse: Playing with Reality
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/11/2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Character:Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
Release Date:18/10/2024
The Room Next Door
Character:Martha / Michelle
Release Date:07/10/2024
January Stories
Character:
Release Date:02/10/2024
Chroma
Character:
Release Date:21/07/2024
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/2024
Transparent
Character:
Release Date:12/06/2024
Problemista
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:01/03/2024
The Killer
Character:The Expert
Release Date:25/10/2023
All Kinds of Love
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2023
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/06/2023
Cannes Uncut
Character:Self
Release Date:12/06/2023
Asteroid City
Character:Dr. Hickenlooper
Release Date:08/06/2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2022
The Eternal Daughter
Character:Julie / Rosalind
Release Date:02/12/2022
Durmiente
Character:
Release Date:10/11/2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Character:Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Character:Alithea
Release Date:24/08/2022
Sleep Song
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2022
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Character:Self
Release Date:10/12/2021
Goliath: Playing with Reality
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/11/2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Character:J.K.L. Berensen
Release Date:21/10/2021
The Souvenir: Part II
Character:Rosalind
Release Date:11/10/2021
Memoria
Character:Jessica Holland
Release Date:30/09/2021
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Character:Self
Release Date:06/11/2020
The Human Voice
Character:Woman
Release Date:03/09/2020
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/08/2020
Last and First Men
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/02/2020
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Character:Betsey Trotwood
Release Date:07/11/2019
Uncut Gems
Character:Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
Release Date:30/08/2019
The Souvenir
Character:Rosalind
Release Date:17/05/2019
The Dead Don't Die
Character:Zelda Winston
Release Date:15/05/2019
Avengers: Endgame
Character:The Ancient One
Release Date:24/04/2019
Suspiria
Character:Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Release Date:26/10/2018
Isle of Dogs
Character:Oracle (voice)
Release Date:23/03/2018
Letters from Generation Rx
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:18/07/2017
Okja
Character:Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
Release Date:28/06/2017
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Character:Self
Release Date:23/06/2017
War Machine
Character:German Politician
Release Date:26/05/2017
Letters from Baghdad
Character:Gertrude Bell (voice)
Release Date:21/04/2017
async - first light
Character:
Release Date:01/04/2017
Tania Libre
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/02/2017
Doctor Strange
Character:The Ancient One
Release Date:25/10/2016
Phantom of the Universe
Character:Narrator
Release Date:18/10/2016
Hail, Caesar!
Character:Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Release Date:05/02/2016
A Bigger Splash
Character:Marianne Lane
Release Date:26/11/2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Character:Self / Social Services
Release Date:22/09/2015
Trainwreck
Character:Dianna
Release Date:17/07/2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Character:Self
Release Date:05/02/2015
Dreams Rewired
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/02/2015
The Gospel According to St Derek
Character:Self
Release Date:20/10/2014
Antarctica: On the Edge
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/10/2014
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Character:Self
Release Date:22/04/2014
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:02/04/2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Character:Madame D.
Release Date:26/02/2014
Hot Dollar
Character:
Release Date:23/01/2014
Only Lovers Left Alive
Character:Eve
Release Date:12/12/2013
The Zero Theorem
Character:Dr. Shrink-Rom
Release Date:20/09/2013
Snowpiercer
Character:Mason
Release Date:01/08/2013
Death for a Unicorn
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/08/2013
When Björk Met Attenborough
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:26/07/2013
David Bowie: Five Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/05/2013
One Water
Character:
Release Date:05/04/2013
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Character:
Release Date:25/02/2013
Love Flesh
Character:Self
Release Date:06/02/2013
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Radioman
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2012
Ashes
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Character:Social Services
Release Date:16/05/2012
Song 1
Character:Self
Release Date:22/03/2012
Cinema Is Everywhere
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Character:Eva Khatchadourian
Release Date:28/09/2011
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Character:White Witch
Release Date:02/12/2010
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2010
Climate of Change
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/05/2010
I Am Love
Character:Emma Recchi
Release Date:19/03/2010
The Invisible Frame
Character:The Cyclist
Release Date:12/11/2009
The Limits of Control
Character:Blonde
Release Date:01/05/2009
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Character:Elizabeth Abbott
Release Date:25/12/2008
Finding the Burn
Character:Self / Katie Cox (archive footage)
Release Date:21/12/2008
DC Insiders Run Amuck
Character:Self
Release Date:21/12/2008
The Man from London
Character:Camélia
Release Date:24/09/2008
Burn After Reading
Character:Katie Cox
Release Date:05/09/2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Character:White Witch
Release Date:15/05/2008
Julia
Character:Julia
Release Date:12/03/2008
Derek
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/02/2008
The New Ten Commandments
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/2008
Cannes: All Access
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2007
Michael Clayton
Character:Karen Crowder
Release Date:28/09/2007
Stephanie Daley
Character:Lydie Crane
Release Date:20/04/2007
Faceless
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/03/2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Character:Self
Release Date:16/02/2007
Strange Culture
Character:Hope Kurtz
Release Date:09/02/2007
Sleepwalkers
Character:Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
Release Date:16/01/2007
Hitler's Favourite Royal
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2007
Deep Water
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/12/2006
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Character:White Witch
Release Date:07/12/2005
The Somme
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/11/2005
Thumbsucker
Character:Audrey Cobb
Release Date:16/09/2005
Broken Flowers
Character:Penny
Release Date:31/07/2005
Absent Presence
Character:
Release Date:09/06/2005
Constantine
Character:Gabriel
Release Date:08/02/2005
The Statement
Character:Annemarie Livi
Release Date:12/12/2003
Young Adam
Character:Ella Gault
Release Date:26/09/2003
Adaptation.
Character:Valerie Thomas
Release Date:06/12/2002
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Character:Self
Release Date:10/10/2002
Teknolust
Character:Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Release Date:10/01/2002
Vanilla Sky
Character:Rebecca Dearborn
Release Date:14/12/2001
The Deep End
Character:Margaret Hall
Release Date:21/01/2001
The Dilapidated Dwelling
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/10/2000
Possible Worlds
Character:Joyce
Release Date:04/09/2000
The Beach
Character:Sal
Release Date:03/02/2000
The Protagonists
Character:Actress
Release Date:10/09/1999
The War Zone
Character:Mum
Release Date:11/06/1999
Conceiving Ada
Character:Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Release Date:19/02/1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Character:Muriel Belcher
Release Date:16/09/1998
Female Perversions
Character:Evelyn Stephens
Release Date:25/04/1997
Death of a World Star
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/06/1994
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1994
Glitterbug
Character:Self
Release Date:05/03/1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/01/1994
The Open Universe
Character:Carla
Release Date:16/10/1993
Blue
Character:(voice)
Release Date:19/08/1993
Wittgenstein
Character:Lady Ottoline Morrell
Release Date:26/03/1993
Orlando
Character:Orlando
Release Date:11/12/1992
Man to Man
Character:Ella / Max Gerike
Release Date:26/08/1992
Edward II
Character:Isabella
Release Date:11/09/1991
The Party: Nature Morte
Character:Queenie
Release Date:06/09/1991
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Character:Self
Release Date:25/01/1991
Your Cheatin' Heart
Character:
Release Date:11/10/1990
The Garden
Character:Madonna/Voice Overs
Release Date:06/09/1990
Play Me Something
Character:Hairdresser
Release Date:18/02/1989
War Requiem
Character:The Nurse
Release Date:06/01/1989
Volcano Saga
Character:Gudrun
Release Date:01/01/1989
A Call to Arms
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1989
Cycling the Frame
Character:The Cyclist
Release Date:30/08/1988
Degrees of Blindness
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1988
The Last of England
Character:The Maid
Release Date:23/08/1987
Friendship's Death
Character:Friendship
Release Date:17/08/1987
Aria
Character:Young Girl
Release Date:27/05/1987
Depuis le Jour
Character:
Release Date:27/05/1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Character:Sally
Release Date:20/05/1987
Caravaggio
Character:Lena
Release Date:29/08/1986
Caprice
Character:Lucky
Release Date:15/06/1986
The Sluggard
Character:The Sluggard
Release Date:01/01/1986
Television Appearances
Fantasmas
Character:Water (voice)
What If...?
Character:The Ancient One (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Character:The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Boys
Character:Ambrosius (voice)
What We Do in the Shadows
Character:Tilda
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self - Guest
Women, War & Peace
Character:Narrator (voice)
Getting On
Character:Elke
Galapagos
Character:Self - Presenter
Made in Hollywood
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Character:Ophelia (voice)
Your Cheatin' Heart
Character:Cissie Crouch
Zastrozzi: A Romance
Character:Julia
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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