Tilda Swinton
Acting
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient various accolades throughout her long career, including an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards, in addition to being nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Swinton began her career by appearing in experimental films starting with Caravaggio (1986), followed by The Last of England (1988), War Requiem (1989), and The Garden (1990). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), for which she received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End (2001), and followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Constantine (2005), Julia (2008), and I Am Love (2009). For the film Young Adam (2003), she won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Michael Clayton (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Swinton has also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Swinton was awarded the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Swinton was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest honour presented by the institution, for her "daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and film-maker and recognizes her great contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition and philanthropy." That same year, The New York Times ranked her thirteenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century up to that point.
Broken English
The Overseer
Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji
The Coen Brothers - An American Story
Self
The Tree
Flat 19
Ballad of a Small Player
Cynthia Blithe
Phantoms
Camaraderie
Timeslip
Karl
Self
Instant Coffee
Self
The End
Mother
Impulse: Playing with Reality
Narrator
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
The Room Next Door
Martha / Michelle
January Stories
Obertura
The Gardenerette
Chroma
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
Self
Transparent
Problemista
Elizabeth
The Killer
The Expert
Personal History
All Kinds of Love
Self
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Narrator (voice)
Cannes Uncut
Self
Asteroid City
Dr. Hickenlooper
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
The Eternal Daughter
Julie / Rosalind
Durmiente
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Alithea
Sleep Song
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
Goliath: Playing with Reality
Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
J.K.L. Berensen
The Souvenir: Part II
Rosalind
Memoria
Jessica Holland
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Self
The Human Voice
Woman
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Last and First Men
Narrator (voice)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
Uncut Gems
Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
The Souvenir
Rosalind
The Dead Don't Die
Zelda Winston
Avengers: Endgame
The Ancient One
Suspiria
Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Isle of Dogs
Oracle (voice)
Letters from Generation Rx
Narrator (voice)
Okja
Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Self
War Machine
German Politician
Letters from Baghdad
Gertrude Bell (voice)
async - first light
Tania Libre
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Strange
The Ancient One
Phantom of the Universe
Narrator
Hail, Caesar!
Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
A Bigger Splash
Marianne Lane
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Social Services
Trainwreck
Dianna
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
Dreams Rewired
Narrator (voice)
Tilda in de Menil Land
The Gospel According to St Derek
Self
Antarctica: On the Edge
Narrator (voice)
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Madame D.
Hot Dollar
Only Lovers Left Alive
Eve
The Zero Theorem
Dr. Shrink-Rom
Death for a Unicorn
Narrator (voice)
Snowpiercer
Mason
When Björk Met Attenborough
Narrator (voice)
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
One Water
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Love Flesh
Self
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Narrator (voice)
Radioman
Self
Ashes
Self
Moonrise Kingdom
Social Services
Song 1
Self
Planet Tilda
Cinema Is Everywhere
Self
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Eva Khatchadourian
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
White Witch
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
Orlando In Uzbekistan
Self
Climate of Change
Narrator (voice)
I Am Love
Emma Recchi
The Invisible Frame
The Cyclist
The Limits of Control
Blonde
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
Self
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Elizabeth Abbott
DC Insiders Run Amuck
Self
Finding the Burn
Self / Katie Cox (archive footage)
The Man from London
Camélia
Burn After Reading
Katie Cox
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
White Witch
Julia
Julia
Derek
Narrator (voice)
The New Ten Commandments
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
Michael Clayton
Karen Crowder
Stephanie Daley
Lydie Crane
Faceless
Narrator (voice)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
Strange Culture
Hope Kurtz
Sleepwalkers
Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
Hitler's Favourite Royal
Narrator
Deep Water
Narrator (voice)
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
Self
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
White Witch
The Somme
Narrator (voice)
Thumbsucker
Audrey Cobb
Broken Flowers
Penny
Absent Presence
Constantine
Gabriel
The Statement
Annemarie Livi
Young Adam
Ella Gault
Adaptation.
Valerie Thomas
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Self
Teknolust
Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Vanilla Sky
Rebecca Dearborn
The Deep End
Margaret Hall
The Dilapidated Dwelling
Narrator (voice)
Possible Worlds
Joyce
The Beach
Sal
The Protagonists
Actress
The War Zone
Mum
Conceiving Ada
Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Muriel Belcher
Female Perversions
Evelyn Stephens
Death of a World Star
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Glitterbug
Self
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Narrator (voice)
The Open Universe
Carla
Blue
(voice)
Wittgenstein
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Orlando
Orlando
Hamlet
Ophelia
Man to Man
Ella / Max Gerike
Edward II
Isabella
The Party: Nature Morte
Queenie
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Self
Your Cheatin' Heart
The Garden
Madonna/Voice Overs
Play Me Something
Hairdresser
War Requiem
The Nurse
A Call to Arms
Volcano Saga
Gudrun
Cycling the Frame
The Cyclist
Degrees of Blindness
The Last of England
The Maid
Friendship's Death
Friendship
Depuis le Jour
Aria
Young Girl
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Sally
Caravaggio
Lena
Caprice
Lucky
The Sluggard
The Sluggard