Tilda Swinton

Katherine Mathilda Swinton (born November 5 1961) is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films.

Born in London to an Australian mother and Scottish father, she attended the same school as Diana, Princess of Wales, and also Fettes College for a brief period. Her early film work included several film roles for director Derek Jarman. Swinton became notorious for a brief period in 1995 when she appeared 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. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at a gallery in Rome. She appeared in the video for Orbital's The Box.

Recent years have seen her move towards more mainstream projects such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach featuring Leonardo di Caprio. She sat on the 2004 Cannes film jury together with Quentin Tarantino among others.

She lives in Scotland with her husband John Byrne and two children.

Filmography

• Toyer (2004)
• Constantine .... as Gabriel
• Thumbsucker (movie) (2004) .... as Audrey Cobb
• The Statement (2003) .... as Anne-Marie Levy
• Young Adam (2003) .... as Ella Gault
• Adaptation (2002) .... as Valerie Thomas
• Teknolust (2002) .... as Rosetta, Ruby, Marinne, Olivia
• Vanilla Sky (2001) .... as Rebecca Dearborn
• The Deep End (2001) .... as Margaret Hall
• Possible Worlds (2000) .... as Joyce
• The Beach (2000) .... as Sal
• The War Zone (1999) .... as Mum
• Love Is the Devil (1998) .... as Muriel Belcher
• Conceiving Ada (1997) .... as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
• Female Perversions (1996) .... as Evelyn 'Eve'/'Evie' Stephens
• (1994)
• Visions of Heaven and Hell (television movie) (1994) .... Narrator
• Das Offene Universum (television movie) (1993) .... Carla
• Wittgenstein (1993) .... Lady Ottoline Morrell
• Man to Man (1992) .... Ella/Max Gericke
• Orlando (1992) .... Orlando
• Edward II (movie) (1991) .... Isabella
• (1991) .... Queenie
• Your Cheatin' Heart (television series) (1990) .... Cissie Crouch
• The Garden (1990) .... Madonna
• Play Me Something (television movie) (1989) .... Hairdresser
• War Requiem (movie) (1989) .... Nurse
• Andere Ende der Welt (1988)
• Degrees of Blindness (1988)
• L'Ispirazione (1988)
• The Last of England (1988)
• Aria (movie) (1987) .... Young Girl (segmentDepuis le jour)
• Friendship's Death (1987) .... Friendship
• Egomania - Insel ohne Hoffnung (1986) .... Sally
• Caravaggio (movie) (1986) .... Lena