
Tilda Swinton
Known for Acting · 193 credits
- Born
- 1960-11-05 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Lutz Ebersdorf · Matilda Swinton · Katherine Swinton · Katherine Matilda Swinton
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)

The Boys
2019
as Ambrosius (voice)

Rick and Morty
2013
as The Collective (voice)

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

What If...?
2021
as The Ancient One (voice)

What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Tilda

Screen Two
1985
as Isabella

Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Oscars
1953
as Self

ScreenPlay
1986
as Ella / Max Gerike

Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Ophelia (voice)

Fantasmas
2024
as Water (voice)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020
as Narrator (voice)

Getting On
2009
as Elke

Women, War & Peace
2011
as Narrator (voice)

Galapagos
2006
as Self - Presenter

Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
as Cissie Crouch

Zastrozzi: A Romance
1986
as Julia
Movies (171)

Avengers: Endgame
2019
as The Ancient One

Constantine
2005
as Gabriel

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as White Witch

Doctor Strange
2016
as The Ancient One

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Madame D.

Snowpiercer
2013
as Mason

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Elizabeth Abbott

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as White Witch

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
as White Witch

The Killer
2023
as The Expert

Isle of Dogs
2018
as Oracle (voice)

Uncut Gems
2019
as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)

Vanilla Sky
2001
as Rebecca Dearborn

Asteroid City
2023
as Dr. Hickenlooper

Okja
2017
as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando

Suspiria
2018
as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos

Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker

We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011
as Eva Khatchadourian

Burn After Reading
2008
as Katie Cox

Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as Alithea

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as J.K.L. Berensen

The Beach
2000
as Sal

Trainwreck
2015
as Dianna

Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Social Services

Michael Clayton
2007
as Karen Crowder

Adaptation.
2002
as Valerie Thomas

War Machine
2017
as German Politician

The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Zelda Winston

The Room Next Door
2024
as Martha / Michelle

The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Betsey Trotwood

Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Eve

Ballad of a Small Player
2025
as Cynthia Blithe

Radioman
2012
as Self

Female Perversions
1996
as Evelyn Stephens

Broken Flowers
2005
as Penny

The War Zone
1999
as Mum

Young Adam
2003
as Ella Gault

Aria
1987
as Young Girl

The Zero Theorem
2013
as Dr. Shrink-Rom

A Bigger Splash
2015
as Marianne Lane

Caravaggio
1986
as Lena

Stephanie Daley
2007
as Lydie Crane

Orlando
1992
as Orlando

Caprice
1986
as Lucky

The End
2024
as Mother

Problemista
2024
as Elizabeth

The Souvenir
2019
as Rosalind

Memoria
2021
as Jessica Holland

The Limits of Control
2009
as Blonde

The Souvenir: Part II
2021
as Rosalind

I Am Love
2010
as Emma Recchi

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
as Self

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014
as Self

Broken English
2026
as The Overseer

The Statement
2003
as Annemarie Livi

The Eternal Daughter
2022
as Julie / Rosalind

Thumbsucker
2005
as Audrey Cobb

Last and First Men
2020
as Narrator (voice)

Julia
2008
as Julia

The Deep End
2001
as Margaret Hall
Tania Libre
2017
as Narrator (voice)

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Muriel Belcher

Possible Worlds
2000
as Joyce
Finding the Burn
2008
as Self / Katie Cox (archive footage)

The Coen Brothers - An American Story
2025
as Self

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
as Self

Blue
1993
as (voice)

The Somme
2005
as Narrator (voice)

Wittgenstein
1993
as Lady Ottoline Morrell

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
as Self (archive footage)

The Human Voice
2020
as Woman

Edward II
1991
as Isabella

The Man from London
2008
as Camélia

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015
as Self / Social Services

Deep Water
2006
as Narrator (voice)

Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self

Friendship's Death
1987
as Friendship

War Requiem
1989
as The Nurse

The Protagonists
1999
as Actress

The New Ten Commandments
2008
as Self

Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self

David Bowie: Five Years
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
2006
as Self

Teknolust
2002
as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive

The Garden
1990
as Madonna/Voice Overs

The Party: Nature Morte
1991
as Queenie

Ashes
2012
as Self

Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji
2026

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self

Conceiving Ada
1999
as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

async - first light
2017

The Tree
2025

Your Cheatin' Heart
1990

Song 1
2012
as Self

Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
as Self

The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013

Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
2014
as Self

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
2017
as Self

Strange Culture
2007
as Hope Kurtz

Derek
2008
as Narrator (voice)

Sleepwalkers
2007
as Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk

Death of a World Star
1994
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Karl
2025
as Self

The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
2020
as Self

The Invisible Frame
2009
as The Cyclist

The Last of England
1987
as The Maid
DC Insiders Run Amuck
2008
as Self

Death for a Unicorn
2013
as Narrator (voice)

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021
as Self

Love Flesh
2013
as Self

Death in Her Hands
as Vesta Gul

Glitterbug
1994
as Self

Climate of Change
2010
as Narrator (voice)

Hitler's Favourite Royal
2007
as Narrator

Impulse: Playing with Reality
2024
as Narrator

A Flower of Forgetfulness
2026

Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
2015
as Self
About Tilda Swinton
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… With 193 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Tilda Swinton has appeared in 171 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tilda Swinton Movies
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) — as The Ancient One
- Constantine (2005) — as Gabriel
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) — as White Witch
- Doctor Strange (2016) — as The Ancient One
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as Madame D.
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