Hilary Swank
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Beverly Hills, 90210
Carly Reynolds
1990
Series
BoJack Horseman
Joey Pogo (voice)
2014
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Yellowjackets
Adult Melissa
2021
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Masked Singer
Special Message (via video)
2019
Series
Punk'd
Self
2003
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Series
Growing Pains
Sasha Serotsky
1985
Series
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Film
Million Dollar Baby
Maggie Fitzgerald
2004
Series
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
The Hunt
Athena
2020
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
Insomnia
Ellie Burr
2002
Series
Harry and the Hendersons
Chelsea
1991
Film
Logan Lucky
Special Agent Sarah Grayson
2017
Series
Alaska Daily
Eileen Fitzgerald
2022
Series
Trust
Gail Getty
2018
Film
The Core
Maj. Rebecca Childs
2003
Film
Freedom Writers
Erin Gruwell
2007
Film
New Year's Eve
Claire Morgan
2011
Film
Ordinary Angels
Sharon Stevens
2024
Film
P.S. I Love You
Holly
2007
Series
Away
Emma Green
2020
Film
The Black Dahlia
Madeleine Linscott
2006
Film
The Reaping
Katherine
2007
Film
The Homesman
Mary Bee Cuddy
2014
Film
You're Not You
Kate
2014
Film
The Gift
Valerie Barksdale
2000
Film
The Next Karate Kid
Julie Pierce
1994
Film
Boys Don't Cry
Brandon Teena
1999
Film
I Am Mother
Woman
2019
Series
Camp Wilder
Danielle
1992
Film
11:14
Buzzy
2004
Series
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
Film
Fatale
Det. Valerie Quinlan
2020
Film
The Resident
Juliet Devereau
2011
Film
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kimberly Hannah
1992
Film
What They Had
Bridget
2018
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
Amelia
Amelia Earhart
2009
Film
Conviction
Betty Anne Waters
2010
Film
The Good Mother
Marissa Bennings
2023
Film
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
2003
Film
Spark: A Space Tail
The Queen (voice)
2016
Film
Disclosure
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
55 Steps
Colette Hughes
2018
Film
The Concert for New York City
Self
2001
Film
Red Dust
Sarah Barcant
2004
Film
The Affair of the Necklace
Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
2001
Series
Leaving L.A.
Tiffany Roebuck
1997
Film
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Michelle Porter
1996
Film
Iron Jawed Angels
Alice Paul
2004
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
2025
Film
Mary and Martha
Mary
2013
Film
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
Film
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Film
Kounterfeit
Colleen
1996
Film
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Birds of America
Laura
2008
Film
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
Film
...So Goes the Nation
Self
2006
Film
Terror in the Family
Deena Marten
1996
Film
Quiet Days in Hollywood
Lolita
1997
Film
Dying to Belong
Lisa Connors
1997
Film
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
Patty Yaklich
1994
Film
Heartwood
Sylvia Orsini
1998
Film
The Sleepwalker Killing
Lauren Schall
1997
James Lipton Takes on Three
Self
2005
Film
Born to Fight
Self
2005
Film
The Audition
2000
N.A.R.
Film
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Under Antarctic Ice
Narrator (voice)
2003