Tilda Swinton

British actress

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2025 Awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.
2025 Awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.
2024 Made a cameo in the Amazon Prime series The Boys, voicing Ambrosius, the Deep's octopus lover.
2024 Made a cameo in the Amazon Prime series The Boys, voicing Ambrosius, the Deep's octopus lover.
2023 Reunited with Wes Anderson for the film Asteroid City and starred in Julio Torres's surrealist comedy Problemista and David Fincher's action thriller The Killer.
2023 Reunited with Wes Anderson for the film Asteroid City and starred in Julio Torres's surrealist comedy Problemista and David Fincher's action thriller The Killer.
October 2023 Criticized Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip and called for a ceasefire.
October 2023 Criticized Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip and called for a ceasefire.
2022 Starred in George Miller's fantasy film Three Thousand Years of Longing and voiced Wood Sprite and Death in Guillermo del Toro's animated film Pinocchio. Also played dual roles of mother and daughter in Joanna Hogg's gothic drama The Eternal Daughter.
2022 Starred in George Miller's fantasy film Three Thousand Years of Longing and voiced Wood Sprite and Death in Guillermo del Toro's animated film Pinocchio. Also played dual roles of mother and daughter in Joanna Hogg's gothic drama The Eternal Daughter.
November 2022 Presented with the 2022 FIAF Award for her work on the preservation and promotion of archive film, film history, and women's role in it.
November 2022 Presented with the 2022 FIAF Award for her work on the preservation and promotion of archive film, film history, and women's role in it.
January 2022 Revealed her recovery from long COVID, experiencing symptoms including difficulty getting out of bed, a bad cough, vertigo, and memory loss. Expressed consideration of retraining as a palliative carer.
January 2022 Revealed her recovery from long COVID, experiencing symptoms including difficulty getting out of bed, a bad cough, vertigo, and memory loss. Expressed consideration of retraining as a palliative carer.
2021 Starred as newspaper writer J.K.L. Berensen in Wes Anderson's anthology film The French Dispatch and as Jessica Holland in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's first English-language film, Memoria.
2021 In a Vogue interview, Swinton openly discussed identifying as queer, describing it as a sensibility and personal way of understanding herself.
2021 In a Vogue interview, Swinton openly discussed identifying as queer, describing it as a sensibility and personal way of understanding herself.
2021 Starred as newspaper writer J.K.L. Berensen in Wes Anderson's anthology film The French Dispatch and as Jessica Holland in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's first English-language film, Memoria.
2020 Awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship for her 'daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and filmmaker' and her contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition, and philanthropy.
2020 Ranked by The New York Times as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Also receives the British Film Institute Fellowship and the Honorary Golden Lion.
2020 Awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship for her 'daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and filmmaker' and her contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition, and philanthropy.
2020 Ranked by The New York Times as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Also receives the British Film Institute Fellowship and the Honorary Golden Lion.
2019 Reprised her role as the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Endgame.
2019 Reprised her role as the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Endgame.
2018 Starred in Luca Guadagnino's remake of the horror film Suspiria, playing multiple roles and being credited under the pseudonym Lutz Ebersdorf.
2018 Publicly stated her support for Scottish independence.
2018 Publicly stated her support for Scottish independence.
2018 Starred in Luca Guadagnino's remake of the horror film Suspiria, playing multiple roles and being credited under the pseudonym Lutz Ebersdorf.
2016 Portrayed the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange, marking her entry into the superhero film genre.
2016 Portrayed the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange, marking her entry into the superhero film genre.
2015 Starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash alongside Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ralph Fiennes.
2015 Played Dianne, an editor on S'Nuff Magazine, in the comedy film Trainwreck.
2015 Starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash alongside Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ralph Fiennes.
2015 Played Dianne, an editor on S'Nuff Magazine, in the comedy film Trainwreck.
2013 Receives a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art.
2013 Co-founded Drumduan Upper School in Findhorn, Scotland with Ian Sutherland McCook.
2013 Co-founded Drumduan Upper School in Findhorn, Scotland with Ian Sutherland McCook.
2013 Receives a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art.
May 23 2013 Starred in Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
May 23 2013 Starred in Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
February 2013 Played David Bowie's wife in the promotional video for his song 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)', directed by Floria Sigismondi.
February 2013 Played David Bowie's wife in the promotional video for his song 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)', directed by Floria Sigismondi.
2011 Repeated the travelling independent film festival project with Mark Cousins.
2011 Repeated the travelling independent film festival project with Mark Cousins.
October 2011 Starred in the film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin, portraying the mother of a teenage boy who commits a high school massacre.
October 2011 Starred in the film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin, portraying the mother of a teenage boy who commits a high school massacre.

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