Academy Award-Winning Actress
Tilda Swinton: Biography at a Glance
- Tilda Swinton is an Academy Award winning actress who gained international acclaim for her role in Orlando, based on Virginia Woolf's novel.
- She is best known for starring in Michael Clayton alongside George Clooney, earning her both the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- Swinton has established enduring partnerships with directors like Jim Jarmusch, the Coen Brothers, Lynne Ramsay, Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg, and Bong Joon Ho, showcasing her versatility across genres.
- Swinton was honored with a BFI Fellowship and a Leon d’Oro at the Venice Film Festival or her exceptional career.
- Her recent roles include George Miller's Three Thousand Years Of Longing, Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, Joanna Hogg's The Eternal Daughter, and Joshua Oppenheimer's The End, highlighting her ongoing commitment to impactful storytelling.
- Tilda is a captivating speaker, offering insights into the craft of acting, artistic collaborations, and the impact of storytelling in cinema.
Biography
Tilda Swinton started making films with the director Derek Jarman in 1985 with Caravaggio.
Her second film was Peter Wollen’s Friendship’s Death. She and Jarman made seven more films together, including The Last of England, The Garden, War Requiem, Edward II (for which she won the Best Actress award at the 1991 Venice International Film Festival), and Wittgenstein, before Jarman’s death in 1994. She gained wider international recognition in 1992 with her portrayal of Orlando, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf under the direction of Sally Potter.
She has established rewarding ongoing filmmaking relationships with Jim Jarmusch - including Only Lovers Left Alive and The Dead Don’t Die, Joel and Ethan Coen, Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love, A Bigger Splash, Suspiria), Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir Parts 1 and 2,) and Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer and Okja).
Tilda also worked with the Hungarian master Béla Tarr (The Man from London), and has featured in the critically acclaimed comedy Trainwreck by Amy Schumer directed by Judd Apatow. In 2020 she made The Human Voice with Pedro Almodóvar.
She received both the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 2008 for Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton.
In 2020, she was the recipient of both a BFI Fellowship and a Leon d’Oro at the Venice Film Festival for her lifetime’s work.
In 2021 Tilda shot George Miller's Three Thousand Years Of Longing in Australia opposite Idris Elba, reunited with Wes Anderson for the fifth time for Asteroid City and Joanna Hogg for a third time on The Eternal Daughter. In 2022 she shot The End with Joshua Oppenheimer.
