Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton in Sony Pictures Classics' Young Adam - 2004.

Biography

Born 11/05/1960

Scottish actress Tilda Swinton began her career as a leading lady of European art cinema, working with directors like Derek Jarman, John Maybury and Sally Potter and earning acclaim as the gender-shifting lead in Potter’s Academy Award-nominated “Orlando” (1992). The edgy icon expanded into...
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Awards

  • In 2008, received Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • In 2008, received BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • In 2001, received Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

Highlights

  • In 2008, Joined an ensemble cast for the Coen's brothers' "Burn After Reading"
  • In 2007, Co-starred with George Clooney in Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actress
  • In 2007, Portrayed a forensic psychologist in the indie movie "Stephanie Daley"

Family & Companions

  • John Byrne: born c. 1940; met in the 1980s
  • Sandro Kopp: Companion (Together since 2004)
  • Sir John Swinton: father (Was a major-general in the Scots Guards)

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