Hilary Swank
Highest Rated: 92% Insomnia (2002)
Lowest Rated: 7% The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Birthday: Jul 30, 1974
Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Actress Hilary Swank had her major breakthrough when she earned the Academy Award for her gripping performance in the indie darling "Boys Don't Cry" (1999). Swank followed this with quality turns in Sam Raimi's supernatural thriller "The Gift" (2000), the period romantic drama "The Affair of the Necklace" (2001) and Christopher Nolan's excellent crime thriller "Insomnia" (2002). She went on to find her star-making niche playing steely women who succeeded against the odds, best exemplified by her performance as a female boxer who meets a tragic end in Clint Eastwood's moody drama "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), a role that earned her a second Oscar. From there, she etched powerful performances as real-life women such as American suffragist Alice Paul in "Iron Jawed Angels" (HBO, 2004), unorthodox teacher Erin Gruwell in "Freedom Writers" (2007) and groundbreaking aviatrix Amelia Earhart in "Amelia" (2009). Swank proved herself one of Hollywood's more versatile actresses, one who drew upon her working-class roots to deliver one informed performance after another. She continued working steadily, starring in Tony Goldwyn's legal drama "Conviction" (2010) and British thriller "The Resident" (2011) and appearing in Garry Marshall's ensemble romantic comedy "New Year's Eve" (2011). After co-starring opposite writer- director Tommy Lee Jones in period western "The Homesman" (2014), Swank moved into producing with the drama "You're Not You" (2014) and returned to television opposite Brenda Blethyn in Richard Curtis' biographical drama "Mary and Martha" (BBC 2013). After her first voice role in 3D fantasy "Spark" (2016), Swank co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's comedy "Logan Lucky" (2017) and indie dramas "55 Steps" (2017) and "What They Had" (2018). Swank's first TV series since "Beverly Hills 90201," "Trust" (FX 2018) was a limited series about the 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty.
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Filmography
Movies
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84% |
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Ordinary Angels | Sharon Stevens (Character) | $19.1M | 2024 |
22% |
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The Good Mother | Marissa Bennings (Character) | $367.0K | 2023 |
45% |
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Fatale |
Detective Valerie Quinlan (Character), Producer |
$6.3M | 2020 |
57% |
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The Hunt | Athena (Character) | $5.3M | 2020 |
89% |
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I Am Mother | Woman (Character) | - | 2019 |
87% |
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What They Had |
Bridget (Character), Executive Producer |
$254.4K | 2018 |
50% |
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55 Steps |
Colette Hughes (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
92% |
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Logan Lucky | Special Agent Sarah Grayson (Character) | $27.8M | 2017 |
13% |
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Spark: A Space Tail | The Queen (Voice) | $190.5K | 2016 |
48% |
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You're Not You |
Kate (Character), Producer |
- | 2014 |
81% |
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The Homesman | Mary Bee Cuddy (Character) | $2.4M | 2014 |
56% |
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Mary and Martha | Mary (Character) | - | 2013 |
7% |
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New Year's Eve | Claire Morgan (Character) | $54.5M | 2011 |
15% |
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Something Borrowed | Producer | $39.0M | 2011 |
31% |
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The Resident |
Dr. Juliet Dermer (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2011 |
68% |
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Conviction |
Betty Anne Waters (Character), Executive Producer |
$6.8M | 2010 |
19% |
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Amelia |
Amelia Earhart (Character), Executive Producer |
$14.2M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Birds of America | Laura (Character) | - | 2008 |
25% |
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P.S. I Love You | Holly Kennedy (Character) | $53.7M | 2007 |
8% |
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The Reaping | Katherine (Character) | $25.1M | 2007 |
70% |
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Freedom Writers |
Erin Gruwell (Character), Executive Producer |
$36.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Beautiful Ohio | Producer | - | 2006 |
32% |
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The Black Dahlia | Madeleine Sprague (Character) | $22.5M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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On Native Soil | Narrator | - | 2006 |
56% |
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Iron Jawed Angels | Alice Paul (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Red Dust | Sarah Barcant (Character) | - | 2004 |
90% |
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Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald (Character) | $100.4M | 2004 |
92% |
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11:14 |
Buzzy (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2003 |
39% |
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The Core | Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Character) | $31.1M | 2003 |
92% |
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Insomnia | Ellie Burr (Character) | $67.3M | 2002 |
15% |
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The Affair of the Necklace | Comtesse Jeanne de la Motte-Valois (Character) | $430.3K | 2001 |
58% |
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The Gift | Valerie Barksdale (Character) | $12.0M | 2000 |
90% |
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Boys Don't Cry |
Teena Brandon/ |
$11.5M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heartwood | Sylvia Orsini (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Quiet Days in Hollywood | Lolita (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Kounterfeit | Colleen (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Dying to Belong | Lisa Connors (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sleepwalker | Lauren Schall (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries: The Sleepwalker Killing | Lauren Schall (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Sometimes They Come Back... Again | Michelle Porter (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Terror in the Family | Deena Marten (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story | Patty Yaklich (Character) | - | 1994 |
7% |
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The Next Karate Kid | Julie Pierce (Character) | $8.7M | 1994 |
36% |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Kimberly Hannah (Character) | $14.1M | 1992 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020 2024 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The View | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2024 |
74% | 86% | Alaska Daily |
Eileen Fitzgerald (Character), Executive Producer |
2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2018 2020 2023 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022 |
60% | 59% | Away |
Emma Green (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Explained | Narrator | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2009 2018 |
78% | 79% | Trust | Gail Getty (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2014 2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2017 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrated | Self | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2009 |
31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Carly Reynolds (Character) | 1997-1998 |
29% | No Score Yet | Camp Wilder | Danielle (Character) | 1992-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Growing Pains | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |