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Tilda Swinton
actress
Born:
11/5/1960
Birthplace:
London, England
Swinton, distinguished by her ethereal features, has avoided mainstream
films, opting instead to establish herself on the independent circuit. She
appeared in each of Derek Jarman's films, beginning with Caravaggio
(1986). She also starred in his biopic Wittgenstein (1993), his
last feature before his death from AIDS in 1994. Swinton earned notice on
these shores for Orlando (1992), in which she played the
gender-bending title character in the film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's
novel. Swinton's multidimensional performance as a mother willing to
protect her son at any cost in The Deep End (2001) earned her wide
praise and talk of an Oscar. Her other films include Sexual
Perversions (1996), The Beach (2000), Vanilla Sky
(2001), and Michael Clayton (2007), for which she won a Best
Supporting Actress Oscar.
Swinton started acting as a student at Cambridge University. After
earning a degree in English literature, she appeared in productions for
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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