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Hilary Swank
Hilary Ann Swank 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). Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999) and as Maggie Fitzgerald in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar B…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1974) · television actor · film actor · actor · film producer · also Hilary Swank, Hilary Ann Swank, Swank
Born 30 July 1974 · Q93187
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2026· 3 entries
“Who is anyone to say that they can”
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2025· 1 entry
Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg stated that Swank would not appear as, "people have all sorts of reasons why they will or will not be participating in something, and with the timing of whatever was going on,
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2024· 3 entries
The Guardian: Alaska Daily review – this astonishingly basic drama would be better without Hilary Swank
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Hilary Swank supported Ukraine by appearing in a video with 29 other world stars to support Ukraine against Russia
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On February 24, 2024, Hilary Swank supported Ukraine by appearing in a video with 29 other world stars to support Ukraine against Russia.
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2023· 1 entry
Announced that she had welcomed her twins, a son and a daughter
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2022· 2 entries
Announced that she and her husband were expecting twins
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Starred in the television drama series Alaska Daily
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: Away review – Hilary Swank space drama fails to launch
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In a 2020 interview with Health, Swank revealed that she took a three-year break from acting beginning in 2014 to help her father recover from a lung transplant.
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Swank said that she felt a trans actor should have played the role, and had she been offered it today, she would have refused it, stating "Twenty-one years later, not only are trans people having their lives and living,
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2018· 4 entries
The Guardian: Hilary Swank on grit, love, trans rights – and her three-year screen break
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Married entrepreneur Philip Schneider after two years of dating
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Swank starred in and executive produced the Alzheimer's disease drama film What They Had, directed by Elizabeth Chomko
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Portrayed Gail Getty in the first season of FX's anthology series Trust
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2017· 1 entry
Appeared in Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy Logan Lucky, as Special Agent Sarah Grayson, alongside Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig, and portrayed lawyer Colette Hughes in Bille August's drama film 55 Steps
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2016· 2 entries
Swank announced that she was launching a luxury clothing line, Mission Statement
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Swank announced her engagement to Rubén Torres, a financial advisor with UBS and former professional tennis player
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2015· 6 entries
The Guardian: Hilary Swank scaling back acting career to take care of ailing father
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2015).
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The Guardian: Hilary Swank and Tom Wilkinson to star in Holocaust denier drama
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The Guardian: Hilary Swank: 'A long way to go before transphobia wiped out'
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Swank founded a nonprofit organization, the Hilaroo Foundation, which aims to bring at-risk teenagers and rescue dogs together in the hope that the two can heal each other
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Was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women
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2014· 3 entries
To help her father recover from a lung transplant
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Swank played the lead role of Kate Parker, a woman whose life is shattered when she develops the degenerative disease ALS, in You're Not You
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The Petco Foundation honored Swank for her animal advocacy work and, in 2015, she received the Compassion Award by ASPCA
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2013· 1 entry
Starred in the television film Mary and Martha alongside Brenda Blethyn
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2012· 1 entry
Swank's audiobook recording of Caroline Knapp's Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs was released at Audible
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2009· 1 entry
In a January 2009 episode of The Office, "Prince Family Paper", the subplot of the episode is the office coworkers debating whether or not Hilary Swank is "hot".
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2007· 2 entries
Swank began dating her agent John Campisi, a relationship they ended in May 2012
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Swank starred in Freedom Writers, about a real-life teacher, Erin Gruwell
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2006· 1 entry
Swank signed a three-year contract with Guerlain to be the face of the women's fragrance Insolence
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Million Dollar Baby (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Boys Don't Cry (2000).
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“I remembered to thank my husband,”
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1999· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for Boys Don't Cry (1999).
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1996· 1 entry
Starred in a TV movie, family drama Terror in the Family, as a troubled teenager
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1995· 1 entry
Appeared with British actor Bruce Payne in Kounterfeit
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1994· 1 entry
Also starred in the drama, Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story, as the abused stepdaughter who was protected by Donna (Jaclyn Smith)
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1992· 1 entry
For her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
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1974· 2 entries
In Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judy Kay (née Clough) and Stephen Swank
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Born 1974-07-30.
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