Tilda Swinton
Swinton at the 2007 Edinburgh International Film Festival
Born	Katherine Matilda Swinton 5 November 1960 (1960-11-05) (age 47) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986 - present
Domestic partner(s)	John Byrne Sandro Kopp (2004-)
Awards won Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 2007 Michael Clayton BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Scottish Film 2003 Young Adam Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2007 Michael Clayton Other Awards Volpi Cup for Best Actress 1991 Edward II

Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, BAFTA Scotland-, and Coppa Volpi-winning British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean... The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF has moved date and will now take place in June. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... John Byrne is a Roman Catholic Scottish artist and scriptwriter who was born in Paisley, Scotland, on January 6, 1940. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced by Sydney Pollack. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Young Adam film poster Young Adam is a 2003 film written and directed by David Mackenzie, based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Trocchi, which was first published in 1957. ... Winners of the BAFTA Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. ... Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced by Sydney Pollack. ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ... Edward II is a movie by Derek Jarman based on the play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... BAFTA Scotland is the national organisation for Scotland of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Andrei Tarkovskys The Mirror Le Fantôme de la liberté, one of the last films by Luis Bunuel (1974), which depicts seemingly random events, disrupting the conventions of storytelling in film. ... Look up mainstream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Biography

Early life

Swinton was born in London. Her mother, Judith Balfour (née Killen), was Australian, and her father, Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, KCVO, is Scottish.^[1][2][3][4] The Swinton family is an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the ninth century.^[4] Swinton attended West Heath Girls' School (the same class as Diana, Princess of Wales), and also Fettes College for a brief period. In 1983, she graduated from New Hall at Cambridge University with a degree in Social and Political Sciences. She has two Honorary Doctorates: One from Napier University in Edinburgh, received in August 2006 and one from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow, received July 2006. She was a contributing editor to the literary magazine Zembla. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Née redirects here. ... Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Berwickshire (Siorrachd Bhearaig in Gaelic) is a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council and a Lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. ... Queen Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... The Swinton family is, according to an article by James Lees-Milne in the 18th edition of Burkes Peerage or Burkes Landed Gentry, volume 1, one of three families in England that can trace its lineage in the male line back to Saxon times. ... Of English and Scottish origin. ... The Old School part of the school buildings. ... Diana Spencer redirects here. ... Fettes College is an independent boarding and day school in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Full name New Hall Motto - Named after - Previous names - Established 1954 Sister College(s) St Annes College, Oxford President Anne Lonsdale Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 377 Postgraduates 74 Homepage Boatclub New Hall is a women-only college in the University of Cambridge. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. ... Napier University is a university in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ...

Career

Swinton worked with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a career in film in the mid-1980s. Her early film work included several film roles for director Derek Jarman, notably War Requiem (1989) playing a nurse opposite Sir Laurence Olivier as an old soldier. In 1991, Swinton won the Volpi Cup Best Actress award for her role in the postmodern film Edward II. Swinton also played the title role in Orlando, Sally Potter's film version of the novel by Virginia Woolf. The Traverse Theatre building off Lothian Road in Edinburgh. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ... Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 – February 19, 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... The War Requiem, Op. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... This article is about the fourteenth century king of England. ... Orlando is a 1993 movie, based on Virginia Woolfs novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth. ... Sally Potter (1949-) is a British film director and writer. ... For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). ... For the American writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff. ...

Swinton gained great artistic acclaim for a period in 1995 when she developed a performance/installation art piece in which as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery, London, she was on display to the public for a week, asleep or apparently so, in a glass case, as a piece of performance art. The piece is often erroneously credited to Cornelia Parker, whom Swinton invited to collaborate for the installation in London. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at the Museo Barracco in Rome. She also appeared in the music video for Orbital's "The Box". The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, central London, which focuses on modern and contempory art. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about Performance art. ... Cornelia Parker (born 1956) is a British sculptor and installation artist. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Orbital was an English techno duo from 1989 until 2004, consisting of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. ... The Box is a single by the British electronica duo Orbital. ...

Recent years have seen Swinton move towards more mainstream projects, including the leading role in the well-reviewed American film The Deep End (2001), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She appeared as the scheming archangel Gabriel in Constantine with Keanu Reeves, as a supporting character in films such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Swinton has also appeared in the British films The Statement (2003) and Young Adam (2003), and sat on the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The Deep End was a film released in 2001 which stars Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic and Jonathan Tucker. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... This article is about the archangel Gabriel. ... Constantine is a 2005 American film loosely based on the Hellblazer comic book, with some plot elements being taken from the Dangerous Habits arc (issues #41-46). ... Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced ; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor. ... For the Italian band, see Vanilla Sky (band). ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... The Beach is a 2000 film by the Trainspotting team of writer John Hodge and director Danny Boyle based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated, SAG Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997). ... DVD cover The Statement is a 2003 Canadian drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Michael Caine. ... Young Adam is a 2003 film written and directed by David Mackenzie, based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Trocchi, which was first published in 1957. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ...

In 2005, Swinton's performance as the sinister, seductive villainess, the White Witch Jadis, in the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe garnered critical praise as did her portrayal of Audrey Cobb in the Mike Mills film adaptation of the novel Thumbsucker. Jadis, the White Witch is the key villain of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series, and the second chronologically. ... Mike Mills (born 1966 in Berkeley, CA.) is a film director/music video director and graphic designer. ... Thumbsucker is a 2005 film directed by Mike Mills adapted from the Walter Kirn novel of the same name. ...

Swinton's performance as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton also drew favorable reviews, for which she earned her second Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After winning a BAFTA award in the same category at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, Swinton won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 80th Academy Awards, the film's sole win.^[5][6][7] Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced by Sydney Pollack. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning at 5:30 p. ...

Personal life

Swinton lives in Nairn, in the Highland area of Scotland, with Scottish painter John Byrne, the father of her twins, Xavier and Honor. She has recently been in the news for her relationship with Sandro Kopp, a New Zealand painter, while continuing her live-in relationship with Byrne platonically. She has been with Kopp since 2004 and the relationship has Byrne's blessing.^[8] For people named Nairn, see Nairn (surname). ... The Highland council area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd[1] in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the Scottish people as an ethnic group. ... John Byrne is a Roman Catholic Scottish artist and scriptwriter who was born in Paisley, Scotland, on January 6, 1940. ...

In August 2006 she opened the new Screen Academy Scotland production centre in Edinburgh.^[9] August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ... The Screen Academy Scotland is a collaboration between Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art. ...

Filmography

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References

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External links

• Tilda Swinton at the Internet Movie Database
• Tilda Swinton Fansite and postingboards
• BFI: Tilda Swinton
• From The Guardian
• From BBC (2004)
• From NarniaWeb (2005)
• From Dark Horizons (2005)

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