
Hilary Swank
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1974-07-30 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Hilary Ann Swank
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (39)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

BoJack Horseman
2014
as Joey Pogo (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Carly Reynolds

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest

The View
1997
as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

Leute heute
1997
as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self / Self - Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

The Masked Singer
2019
as Special Message (via video)

Yellowjackets
2021
as Adult Melissa

Bambi
1948
as Self

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Punk'd
2003
as Self

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Chelsea
2016
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self

Growing Pains
1985
as Sasha Serotsky

The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self

Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)

Today
1952
as Self

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
as Self

Harry and the Hendersons
1991
as Chelsea

Alaska Daily
2022
as Eileen Fitzgerald

Trust
2018
as Gail Getty

Away
2020
as Emma Green

Camp Wilder
1992
as Danielle

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self

The Early Show
1999
as Self

Leaving L.A.
1997
as Tiffany Roebuck
Movies (55)

The Hunt
2020
as Athena

Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Maggie Fitzgerald

The Core
2003
as Maj. Rebecca Childs

Insomnia
2002
as Ellie Burr

The Gift
2000
as Valerie Barksdale

Freedom Writers
2007
as Erin Gruwell

Logan Lucky
2017
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson

Disclosure
2020
as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)

Ordinary Angels
2024
as Sharon Stevens

P.S. I Love You
2007
as Holly

The Next Karate Kid
1994
as Julie Pierce

The Homesman
2014
as Mary Bee Cuddy

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self

New Year's Eve
2011
as Claire Morgan

Fatale
2020
as Det. Valerie Quinlan

The Black Dahlia
2006
as Madeleine Linscott

11:14
2004
as Buzzy

I Am Mother
2019
as Woman

The Reaping
2007
as Katherine

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Kimberly Hannah

The Resident
2011
as Juliet Devereau

Conviction
2010
as Betty Anne Waters

Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Brandon Teena

You're Not You
2014
as Kate

55 Steps
2018
as Colette Hughes

The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self

Amelia
2009
as Amelia Earhart

Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Alice Paul

The Good Mother
2023
as Marissa Bennings

Heartwood
1998
as Sylvia Orsini

Spark: A Space Tail
2016
as The Queen (voice)

What They Had
2018
as Bridget

The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois

Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996
as Michelle Porter
Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025
as Self

Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary

Red Dust
2004
as Sarah Barcant

Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017

Kounterfeit
1996
as Colleen

Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997
as Lolita

...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self

Birds of America
2008
as Laura

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter

Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
1994
as Patty Yaklich
N.A.R.

Dying to Belong
1997
as Lisa Connors

The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Lauren Schall

On Native Soil
2006
as Narrator (voice)

Terror in the Family
1996
as Deena Marten

The Audition
2000

Born to Fight
2005
as Self
James Lipton Takes on Three
2005
as Self

Under Antarctic Ice
2003
as Narrator (voice)
About Hilary Swank
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 transge… With 94 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Hilary Swank has appeared in 55 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hilary Swank Movies
- The Hunt (2020) — as Athena
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) — as Maggie Fitzgerald
- The Core (2003) — as Maj. Rebecca Childs
- Insomnia (2002) — as Ellie Burr
- The Gift (2000) — as Valerie Barksdale
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