Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades throughout her career, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations 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 filmmaker and recognises 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.
Movie | The End | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Project | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | The Room Next Door | Martha | 2025 |
Movie | Problemista | Elizabeth | 2024-03-01 |
Movie | “…and then we dance?” | Dancer | 2024-03-06 |
Movie | Some Thoughts On The Common Toad | Narrator (voice) | 2023-06-17 |
Movie | Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | 2023-06-08 |
Movie | Cannes Uncut | Self | 2023-06-12 |
Movie | All Kinds of Love | Self | 2023-06-20 |
Movie | The Killer | The Expert | 2023-10-25 |
Movie | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death (voice) | 2022-10-22 |
Movie | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022-08-24 |
Movie | Durmiente | Unknown | 2022-11-10 |
Movie | The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind | 2022-12-02 |
Movie | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
Movie | Memoria | Jessica Holland | 2021-09-30 |
Series | Marvel Studios Legends | The Ancient One (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
Series | What If...? | The Ancient One (voice) | 2021-08-11 |
Movie | The Souvenir: Part II | Rosalind | 2021-10-11 |
Movie | The French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | 2021-10-21 |
Movie | The Storms of Jeremy Thomas | Self | 2021-12-10 |
Movie | Goliath: Playing with Reality | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-01 |
Movie | Last and First Men | Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-25 |
Movie | Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence | Self (archive footage) | 2020-08-20 |
Movie | The Human Voice | Woman | 2020-09-03 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | The Ancient One | 2019-04-24 |
Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Tilda | 2019-03-27 |
Movie | The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | 2019-05-15 |
Movie | The Souvenir | Rosalind | 2019-05-17 |
Movie | Uncut Gems | Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice) | 2019-08-30 |
Movie | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 2019-11-07 |
Movie | Isle of Dogs | Oracle (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
Series | Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Narrator (voice) | 2018-09-01 |
Movie | Suspiria | Madame Blanc / Helena Markos / Dr. Klemperer | 2018-10-26 |
Movie | async - first light | Unknown | 2017-04-01 |
Movie | Tania Libre | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-14 |
Movie | Doctor Strange: Strange Company | Herself | 2017-02-28 |
Movie | War Machine | German Politician | 2017-05-26 |
Movie | The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | Self | 2017-06-23 |
Movie | Letters from Generation Rx | Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-18 |
Movie | Okja | Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Hail, Caesar! | Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Doctor Strange | The Ancient One | 2016-10-25 |
Movie | Letters from Baghdad | Gertrude Bell (voice) | 2016-10-06 |
Movie | Dreams Rewired | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-01 |
Movie | B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 | Self | 2015-02-05 |
Movie | A Bigger Splash | Marianne Lane | 2015-11-26 |
Movie | Trainwreck | Dianna | 2015-07-17 |
Movie | Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' | Self / Social Services | 2015-09-22 |
Movie | Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen | Self | 2014-04-02 |
Movie | Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2014-04-22 |
Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Madame D. | 2014-02-26 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel | Self / Madame D. | 2014-06-17 |
Movie | The Gospel According to St Derek | Self | 2014-10-20 |
Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014-12-21 |
Movie | Antarctica: On the Edge | Narrator (voice) | 2014-10-19 |
Movie | David Bowie: Five Years | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-25 |
Movie | Love Flesh | Self | 2013-02-06 |
Movie | Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator (voice) | 2013-07-26 |
Movie | One Water | Unknown | 2013-04-05 |
Movie | Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | 2013-12-12 |
Movie | Snowpiercer | Minister Mason | 2013-08-01 |
Movie | The Zero Theorem | Dr. Shrink-Rom | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Death for a Unicorn | Narrator (voice) | 2013-09-05 |
Movie | Song 1 | Self | 2012-03-22 |
Movie | Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | 2012-05-16 |
Movie | Ashes | Self | 2012-05-19 |
Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | 2011-09-28 |
Series | Women, War & Peace | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-11 |
Movie | Cinema Is Everywhere | Self | 2011-10-22 |
Movie | Climate of Change | Narrator (voice) | 2010-05-12 |
Movie | I Am Love | Emma Recchi | 2010-03-19 |
Movie | Behind Jim Jarmusch | Self | 2010-09-01 |
Movie | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | White Witch | 2010-12-02 |
Movie | 14 Actors Acting | Self | 2010-12-08 |
Movie | Moments on the Set of I Am Love | Self | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Limits of Control | Blonde | 2009-05-01 |
Series | Getting On | Elke | 2009-07-08 |
Movie | The Invisible Frame | The Cyclist | 2009-11-12 |
Movie | Derek | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-19 |
Movie | Julia | Julia | 2008-03-12 |
Movie | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | White Witch | 2008-05-15 |
Movie | Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | 2008-09-05 |
Movie | Here’s Looking at You, Boy | Self | 2007-02-16 |
Movie | Faceless | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-20 |
Movie | Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | 2007-02-09 |
Movie | Sleepwalkers | Violinist working as a Copy Clerk | 2007-01-16 |
Movie | Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | 2007-04-20 |
Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
Movie | Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | 2007-09-28 |
Movie | The Man from London | Camélia | 2007-05-23 |
Movie | Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes | Self | 2006-01-24 |
Series | Galapagos | Self - Presenter | 2006-09-26 |
Movie | Galápagos | Narrator | 2006-09-26 |
Movie | Deep Water | Narrator (voice) | 2006-12-15 |
Movie | Constantine | Gabriel | 2005-02-08 |
Movie | Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | 2005-01-23 |
Movie | Broken Flowers | Penny | 2005-08-05 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | The Somme | Narrator (voice) | 2005-11-14 |
Movie | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | White Witch | 2005-12-07 |
Movie | Young Adam | Ella Gault | 2003-09-26 |
Movie | The Statement | Annemarie Livi | 2003-12-12 |
Movie | Teknolust | Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive | 2002-01-10 |
Movie | Adaptation. | Valerie Thomas | 2002-12-06 |
Movie | Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory | Self | 2002-10-10 |
Movie | The Deep End | Margaret Hall | 2001-01-21 |
Movie | Vanilla Sky | Rebecca Dearborn | 2001-12-14 |
Movie | The Beach | Sal | 2000-02-03 |
Movie | Possible Worlds | Joyce | 2000-09-04 |
Movie | The Dilapidated Dwelling | Narrator (voice) | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | The War Zone | Mum | 1999-06-11 |
Movie | Conceiving Ada | Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace | 1999-02-19 |
Movie | The Protagonists | Actress | 1999-09-10 |
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Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Female Perversions | Eve Stephens | 1996-11-21 |
Movie | Visions of Heaven and Hell | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-31 |
Movie | Glitterbug | Self | 1994-03-05 |
Movie | Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies | Unknown | 1994-05-01 |
Movie | Blue | (voice) | 1993-08-19 |
Movie | Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | 1993-03-26 |
Movie | The Open Universe | Carla | 1993-10-16 |
Movie | Man to Man | Ella / Max Gerike | 1992-08-26 |
Series | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Ophelia (voice) | 1992-11-09 |
Movie | Orlando | Orlando | 1992-12-11 |
Movie | The Party: Nature Morte | Queenie | 1991-09-06 |
Movie | Derek Jarman: A Portrait | Self | 1991-01-25 |
Movie | Edward II | Isabella | 1991-10-18 |
Movie | Your Cheatin' Heart | Unknown | 1990-10-11 |
Movie | The Garden | Madonna/Voice Overs | 1990-09-06 |
Series | Your Cheatin' Heart | Cissie Crouch | 1990-10-11 |
Movie | A Call to Arms | Unknown | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Volcano Saga | Gudrun | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | War Requiem | The Nurse | 1989-01-06 |
Movie | Play Me Something | Hairdresser | 1989-02-18 |
Movie | Degrees of Blindness | Unknown | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Cycling the Frame | The Cyclist | 1988-08-30 |
Movie | Egomania: Island Without Hope | Sally | 1987-05-20 |
Movie | Friendship's Death | Friendship | 1987-08-17 |
Movie | Depuis le Jour | Unknown | 1987-05-27 |
Movie | The Last of England | The Maid | 1987-08-23 |
Movie | Aria | Young Girl | 1987-09-15 |
Movie | The Sluggard | The Sluggard | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Caprice | Lucky | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Caravaggio | Lena | 1986-08-29 |
Series | Zastrozzi: A Romance | Julia | 1986-04-13 |
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