 Tilda Swinton Katherine Mathilda Swinton (November 5, 1961- ) is an acclaimed British actress with copper-red hair and milk-pale skin. She is 5'11" in height.
Biography
Born in London to an Australian mother and Scottish father, she currently lives in Scotland, with her husband John Byrne and two children.
She sat in the 2004 Cannes filmjury together with Quentin Tarantino among others.
Schooling
She attended the same school as Diana, Princess of Wales, and also Fettes College for a brief period.
Work
Tilda Swinton became notorious for a brief period in 1995 when she appeared as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery in London. For a week, she was on display to the public, asleep or apparently so, in a glass case. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at a gallery in Rome.
Although she initially appeared in arthouse films, recent years have seen her move towards more mainstream projects such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach featuring Leonardo di Caprio.
She has also appeared in a music video for Orbital called The Box.
Filmography
- Toyer (2004)
- Constantine (2004 movie) .... as Gabriel
- Thumbsucker (movie) (2004) .... as Audrey Cobb
- The Statement (2003) .... as Anne-Marie Levy
- Young Adam (2003) .... as Ella Gault
- Adaptation (2002) .... as Valerie Thomas
- Teknolust (2002) .... as Rosetta, Ruby, Marinne, Olivia
- Vanilla Sky (2001) .... as Rebecca Dearborn
- The Deep End (2001) .... as Margaret Hall
- Possible Worlds (2000) .... as Joyce
- The Beach (2000) .... as Sal
- The War Zone (1999) .... as Mum
- Love Is the Devil (1998) .... as Muriel Belcher
- Conceiving Ada (1997) .... as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
- Female Perversions (1996) .... as Evelyn 'Eve'/'Evie' Stephens
- (1994)
- Visions of Heaven and Hell (television movie) (1994) .... Narrator
- Das Offene Universum (television movie) (1993) .... Carla
- Wittgenstein (1993) .... Lady Ottoline Morrell
- Man to Man (1992) .... Ella/Max Gericke
- Orlando (1992) .... Orlando
- Edward II (movie) (1991) .... Isabella
- (1991) .... Queenie
- Your Cheatin' Heart (television series) (1990) .... Cissie Crouch
- The Garden (1990) .... Madonna
- Play Me Something (television movie) (1989) .... Hairdresser
- War Requiem (movie) (1989) .... Nurse
- Andere Ende der Welt (1988)
- Degrees of Blindness (1988)
- L'Ispirazione (1988)
- The Last of England (1988)
- Aria (movie) (1987) .... Young Girl (segmentDepuis le jour)
- Friendship's Death (1987) .... Friendship
- Egomania - Insel ohne Hoffnung (1986) .... Sally
- Caravaggio (movie) (1986) .... Lena
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