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).
Million Dollar Baby
(Maggie Fitzgerald)
Boys Don't Cry
(Brandon Teena)
Insomnia
(Ellie Burr)
The Gift
(Valerie Barksdale)
Freedom Writers
(Erin Gruwell)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Kimberly Hannah)
The Reaping
(Katherine)
The Next Karate Kid
(Julie Pierce)
P.S. I Love You
(Holly)
Amelia
(Amelia Earhart)
11:14
(Buzzy)
The Core
(Maj. Rebecca Childs)
The Black Dahlia
(Madeleine Linscott)
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
(Michelle Porter)
Under Antarctic Ice
(Narrator (voice))
Red Dust
(Sarah Barcant)
Birds of America
(Laura)
New Year's Eve
(Claire Morgan)
Conviction
(Betty Anne Waters)
Iron Jawed Angels
(Alice Paul)
The Resident
(Juliet Devereau)
The Affair of the Necklace
(Jeanne St. Remy de Valois)
Dying to Belong
(Lisa Connors)
...So Goes the Nation
(Self)
Kounterfeit
(Colleen)
Terror in the Family
(Deena Marten)
The Sleepwalker Killing
(Lauren Schall)
Quiet Days in Hollywood
(Lolita)
Mary and Martha
(Mary)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
(Self)
Ordinary Angels
(Sharon Stevens)
Disclosure
(Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage))
The Homesman
(Mary Bee Cuddy)
The Good Mother
(Marissa Bennings)
You're Not You
(Kate)
Heartwood
(Sylvia Orsini)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
(Self - Presenter)
N.A.R.
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
(Patty Yaklich)
Spark: A Space Tail
(The Queen (voice))
On Native Soil
(Narrator (voice))
Logan Lucky
(Special Agent Sarah Grayson)
55 Steps
(Colette Hughes)
What They Had
(Bridget)
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
I Am Mother
(Woman)
The Concert for New York City
(Self)
Fatale
(Det. Valerie Quinlan)
The Hunt
(Athena)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
(Self)
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
(Self (archive footage))
Growing Pains
(Sasha Serotsky)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Today
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self)
The Early Show
(Self)
The Jay Leno Show
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Camp Wilder
(Danielle)
Leaving L.A.
(Tiffany Roebuck)
The Masked Singer
(Special Message (via video))
The Oscars
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
Chelsea
(Self)
Trust
(Gail Getty)
Alaska Daily
(Eileen Fitzgerald)
Beverly Hills, 90210
(Carly Reynolds)
Leute heute
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Punk'd
(Self)
The Reichen Show
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Away
(Emma Green)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
Bambi Awards
(Self)
Harry and the Hendersons
(Chelsea)
Explained
(Narrator (voice))
BoJack Horseman
(Joey Pogo (voice))
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
(Self)
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
(Self - Contestant)
11:14
(Executive Producer)
Something Borrowed
(Producer)
Conviction
(Executive Producer)
Fatale
(Producer)
The Good Mother
(Executive Producer)
The Resident
(Executive Producer)
N.A.R.
(Executive Producer)
Beautiful Ohio
(Producer)
What They Had
(Executive Producer)
Freedom Writers
(Executive Producer)
You're Not You
(Producer)
Away
(Executive Producer)
Alaska Daily
(Executive Producer)