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Berlinale: Honorary Golden Bear for Tilda Swinton • Feb. 22, 2025, 1:24 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)

Tilda Swinton Honored at Berlin Film Festival, Calls Out Far-Right Extremism and Human Rights Abuse in Speech • Feb. 14, 2025, 5:42 AM ET (The Hollywood Reporter)

Tilda Swinton Says She’s Taking a Break From Making Movies • Feb. 14, 2025, 5:42 AM ET (The Hollywood Reporter)

Facts

Also Known As	Katherine Matilda Swinton
Born	November 5, 1960 (age 64) • London • England
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2008) • Academy Award (2008): Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"The Personal History of David Copperfield" (2019) • "Uncut Gems" (2019) • "The Dead Don't Die" (2019) • "What We Do in the Shadows" (2019) • "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) • "The Souvenir" (2019) • "Suspiria" (2018) • "Isle of Dogs" (2018) • "Last and First Men" (2017) • "War Machine" (2017) • "Okja" (2017) • "Doctor Strange" (2016) • "Letters from Baghdad" (2016) • "Hail, Caesar!" (2016) • "A Bigger Splash" (2015) • "Trainwreck" (2015) • "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014) • "The Zero Theorem" (2013) • "Snowpiercer" (2013) • "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013) • "Getting On" (2012) • "Moonrise Kingdom" (2012) • "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011) • "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (2010) • "Io sono l'amore" (2009) • "The Limits of Control" (2009) • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) • "Burn After Reading" (2008) • "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (2008) • "Julia" (2008) • "Michael Clayton" (2007) • "A londoni férfi" (2007) • "Faceless" (2007) • "Strange Culture" (2007) • "Galápagos" (2006) • "Stephanie Daley" (2006) • "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (2005) • "Broken Flowers" (2005) • "Constantine" (2005) • "Thumbsucker" (2005) • "The Statement" (2003) • "Young Adam" (2003) • "Adaptation." (2002) • "Teknolust" (2002) • "Vanilla Sky" (2001) • "The Deep End" (2001) • "Possible Worlds" (2000) • "The Beach" (2000) • "The Protagonists" (1999) • "The War Zone" (1999) • "Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon" (1998) • "Conceiving Ada" (1997) • "Female Perversions" (1996) • "Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies" (1994) • "Blue" (1993) • "Wittgenstein" (1993) • "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" (1992) • "Orlando" (1992) • "Man to Man" (1992) • "Screenplay" (1992) • "Edward II" (1991) • "The Party: Nature Morte" (1991) • "Your Cheatin' Heart" (1990) • "The Garden" (1990) • "Play Me Something" (1989) • "War Requiem" (1989) • "Das andere Ende der Welt" (1988) • "The Last of England" (1987) • "Friendship's Death" (1987) • "Aria" (1987) • "Egomania - Insel ohne Hoffnung" (1986) • "Zastrozzi: A Romance" (1986) • "Caravaggio" (1986)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger" (2016) • "The New Ten Commandments" (2008)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger" (2016) • "Derek" (2008)