8.0
8.0
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Maggie Fitzgerald
Hilary Swank
Also known as: Hilary Ann Swank
Acting
Born:July 30, 1974(age 52)
Birthplace:Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Sehome High School, South Pasadena High School, Young Actors Space, Santa Monica College
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CommunityBiography
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).
Notable Works
Million Dollar BabyBoys Don't Cry
Filmography (53 movies)
7.9
7.9
Freedom Writers
2007
Executive Producer
7.7
7.7
Ordinary Angels
2024
as Sharon Stevens
7.7
7.7
On Native Soil
2006
as Narrator (voice)
7.4
7.4
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Brandon Teena
7.4
7.4
You're Not You
2014
Producer
7.2
7.2
P.S. I Love You
2007
as Holly
7.1
7.1
Conviction
2010
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Insomnia
2002
as Ellie Burr
6.8
6.8
11:14
2003
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Alice Paul
6.7
6.7
Logan Lucky
2017
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
6.7
6.7
I Am Mother
2019
as Woman
6.7
6.7
55 Steps
2018
as Colette Hughes
6.6
6.6
The Hunt
2020
as Athena
6.5
6.5
The Homesman
2014
as Mary Bee Cuddy
6.5
6.5
What They Had
2018
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
The Gift
2000
as Valerie Barksdale
6.3
6.3
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
1994
as Patty Yaklich
6.3
6.3
Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary
6.2
6.2
Something Borrowed
2011
Producer
6.1
6.1
Terror in the Family
1996
as Deena Marten
6.0
6.0
Fatale
2020
Producer
6.0
6.0
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
5.9
5.9
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Lauren Schall
5.9
5.9
New Year's Eve
2011
as Claire Morgan
5.8
5.8
Red Dust
2004
as Sarah Barcant
5.8
5.8
The Core
2003
as Maj. Rebecca Childs
5.8
5.8
The Resident
2011
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
The Reaping
2007
as Katherine
5.7
5.7
Amelia
2009
as Amelia Earhart
5.6
5.6
The Black Dahlia
2006
as Madeleine Linscott
5.6
5.6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Kimberly Hannah
5.5
5.5
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
5.4
5.4
Birds of America
2008
as Laura
5.4
5.4
The Next Karate Kid
1994
as Julie Pierce
5.2
5.2
Dying to Belong
1997
as Lisa Connors
5.0
5.0
Beautiful Ohio
2006
Producer
4.9
4.9
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
4.9
4.9
The Good Mother
2023
Executive Producer
4.8
4.8
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996
as Michelle Porter
4.7
4.7
Spark: A Space Tail
2016
as The Queen (voice)
4.2
4.2
Kounterfeit
1996
as Colleen
3.1
3.1
Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997
as Lolita
3.0
3.0
Heartwood
1998
as Sylvia Orsini
3.0
3.0
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2.0
2.0
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025
as Self
The Audition
2000
N.A.R.
TBA
Executive Producer
Born to Fight
2005
as Self
Under Antarctic Ice
2003
as Narrator (voice)
James Lipton Takes on Three
2005
as Self
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