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Hilary Swank

1974-07-30 (50 years old) in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). She then had her breakthrough for starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997–1998). Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).

Movies

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Ordinary Angels
78 %|Feb 22, 2024
Drama
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The Good Mother
49 %|Aug 31, 2023
Thriller
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Fatale
60 %|Dec 18, 2020
Drama, Thriller
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Disclosure
79 %|Jun 19, 2020
Documentary
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The Hunt
66 %|Mar 11, 2020
Action, Thriller, Horror
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I Am Mother
66.95 %|Jun 7, 2019
Science Fiction, Thriller
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What They Had
66 %|Oct 19, 2018
Drama
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Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
34 %|May 15, 2018
Documentary
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55 Steps
66 %|Mar 1, 2018
Drama
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Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
60 %|Sep 20, 2017
Music
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Logan Lucky
67.25 %|Aug 17, 2017
Comedy, Crime
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Spark: A Space Tail
47 %|Apr 22, 2016
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
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You're Not You
74 %|Oct 10, 2014
Drama
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The Homesman
65 %|May 18, 2014
Western, Drama
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
59 %|Apr 27, 2013
Documentary
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Mary and Martha
64 %|Mar 1, 2013
Drama, TV Movie
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New Year's Eve
59 %|Dec 8, 2011
Comedy, Romance
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The Resident
57.629999999999995 %|Feb 10, 2011
Thriller, Mystery
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Conviction
71 %|Oct 15, 2010
Drama
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Amelia
56 %|Oct 22, 2009
Adventure, Drama, History
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Birds of America
55 %|Oct 9, 2008
Comedy, Drama
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P.S. I Love You
72 %|Nov 15, 2007
Drama, Romance
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The Reaping
58 %|Apr 5, 2007
Horror
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Freedom Writers
79.17 %|Jan 5, 2007
Crime, Drama
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...So Goes the Nation
68 %|Oct 4, 2006
Documentary
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The Black Dahlia
56 %|Sep 15, 2006
Crime, Thriller, Drama
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On Native Soil
77 %|Jan 1, 2006
Documentary
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A Concert for Hurricane Relief
0 %|Sep 2, 2005
Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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Million Dollar Baby
80 %|Dec 15, 2004
Drama
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Iron Jawed Angels
70 %|Jan 16, 2004
Drama, TV Movie
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Red Dust
58 %|Jan 11, 2004
Drama
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
52 %|Sep 23, 2003
Documentary, History
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11:14
67.85 %|Sep 5, 2003
Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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The Core
58.08 %|Mar 28, 2003
Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
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Under Antarctic Ice
0 %|Jan 12, 2003
Documentary
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Insomnia
69.42 %|May 24, 2002
Crime, Thriller
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The Affair of the Necklace
56 %|Nov 30, 2001
Drama, History, Romance
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The Concert for New York City
45 %|Oct 20, 2001
Documentary, History, Music
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The Gift
64.50999999999999 %|Mar 16, 2000
Horror, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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Boys Don't Cry
74 %|Sep 2, 1999
Crime, Drama
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Heartwood
30 %|Apr 19, 1998
Drama
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The Sleepwalker Killing
60 %|Apr 28, 1997
Thriller, Crime, TV Movie
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Dying to Belong
56 %|Feb 24, 1997
TV Movie, Drama
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Quiet Days in Hollywood
42 %|Jan 1, 1997
Drama
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Kounterfeit
54 %|Nov 15, 1996
Thriller, Drama, Action, Crime
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Sometimes They Come Back... Again
48 %|Sep 3, 1996
Horror
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Terror in the Family
63.33 %|Apr 16, 1996
Drama, TV Movie
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The Next Karate Kid
53 %|Jul 18, 1994
Action, Drama, Family, Adventure
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Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
66 %|Feb 1, 1994
Drama, TV Movie
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
55.81 %|Jul 24, 1992
Action, Comedy, Horror
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N.A.R.
0 %|Invalid Date
Action, Thriller

Series

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Alaska Daily
73 %|Oct 6, 2022
Drama, Crime
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Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
70 %|Sep 9, 2021
Documentary
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Away
67 %|Sep 4, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
actor
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
0 %|Nov 17, 2019
Reality
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Masked Singer
79 %|Jan 2, 2019
Reality
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Explained
75 %|May 23, 2018
Documentary
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Trust
71 %|Mar 25, 2018
Crime, Drama
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Chelsea
52 %|May 11, 2016
Talk, Comedy
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
54.13 %|Mar 23, 2015
Talk
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
44.290000000000006 %|Dec 21, 2014
Talk
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BoJack Horseman
86 %|Aug 22, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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The Jay Leno Show
36 %|Sep 14, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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The Reichen Show
48 %|Nov 11, 2005
Talk
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
57.77 %|Sep 8, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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Punk'd
51 %|Mar 17, 2003
Comedy, Reality
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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The Early Show
57 %|Nov 1, 1999
News
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
actor
Leute heute
30 %|Jul 23, 1997
News
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Leaving L.A.
0 %|Apr 12, 1997
Drama
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
70.95 %|Sep 13, 1993
Comedy, Talk
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Camp Wilder
45 %|Sep 18, 1992
Comedy
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
53.730000000000004 %|May 25, 1992
Talk, Comedy
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Harry and the Hendersons
56.33 %|Jan 13, 1991
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family
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Beverly Hills, 90210
74 %|Oct 4, 1990
Drama, Soap
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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Growing Pains
65 %|Sep 24, 1985
Comedy
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Wetten, dass..?
55 %|Feb 14, 1981
Drama, Reality, Comedy, Talk
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Saturday Night Live
70 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
actor
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
35 %|Jan 25, 1966
News
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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Today
58 %|Jan 14, 1952
News, Talk
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Bambi Awards
90 %|Jan 1, 1948
Reality