Tilda Swinton

Most Popular Celeb Stories
Popular Photo Galleries
Tilda Swinton at Burn After Reading Photo Call
WireImage

Details

AKA: Katherine Matilda Swinton
Nationality: Scottish
Birthdate: 11/05/1960
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

biography

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 American filmmaking with a Golden Globe-nominated performance in “The Deep End” (2001) and experimental outings “Vanilla Sky” (2001) and “Adaptation” (2002). Swinton generally favored the more creative realm of independent filmmaking, but bigger productions were not immune to her captivating appeal and the Continued

Credits

Blonde
2009
Katie Cox
2008
Karen Crowder
2007
Narrator
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2005
Audrey Cobb
2005
Penny
2005
Gabriel
2005
Ella
2004
Annemarie Livi
2003
Valerie
2002
Rebecca Dearborn
2001
Margaret Hall
2001
Sal
2000
Narrator
2000
Joyce
2000
Mum
1999
Ada Byron King--Countess of Lovelace
1999
Muriel Belcher
1998
Evelyn "Eve" Stephens
1997
Lady Ottoline Morrell
1993
Orlando
1992
Queen Isabella
1992
The Nurse
1990
Lena
1986
Producer
Narrator
Screenplay
Executive Producer
Herself
Voice
Hairdresser
Friendship
Executive Producer
Rosetta Stone/Ruby/Marine/Olive
Lydie Crane
Julia Harris
Hope Kurtz
Ella/ Max Gericke
Madonna
Emma Recchi

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Toured Europe with the Cambridge Mummers production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
1986 
Film debut, "Caravaggio"; first of seven collaborations with director Derek Jarman
 
British TV debut, "Zastrozzi"
 
Performed onstage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Travers Theater in Edinburgh
1991 
Cast as Queen Isabella in Jarman's "Edward II"
Continued

post a comment




Terms of Use  |  Privacy Policy  |  RealNetworks  |    |  FAQ  |   RSS  |   Mobile  |   SiteMap  |   Blog   |   Partners
Browse All: Movies |  TV |  Celebrities
© 2006-2008 RealNetworks. All Rights Reserved. Portions of this page © 2008 Baseline StudioSystems. All rights reserved.