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Hilary Swank Profile
Vital Stats
- Date of Birth:
- July 30, 1974
- Birth Location:
- Lincoln, Nebraska
Why Is She Famous?
Hilary Swank's turn as Teena Brandon in the 1999 independent film Boys Don't Cry, shot on a shoestring budget, won universal acclaim as well as the statuette for Best Actress at the 2000 Academy Awards. In 2005, Hilary Swank proved that she wasn't a one-trick pony when she won the Best Actress Oscar, SAG and Golden Globe for her performance in Million Dollar Baby.
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Hilary Swank is a miracle
Hilary Swank is amazed at how much success she has had and says her progress has been a ''miracle''.
Quotes
"Here I am: I'm a work in progress... and always will be."
- Hilary Swank
Biography
Hilary Ann Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 30, 1974. She grew up in Bellingham, Washington and as a child, devoted much of her time to athletic pursuits. Swank swam in the Junior Olympics and state championships, and ranked fifth in her state for gymnastics. At the age of 16, Swank moved to Los Angeles to realize her dream of becoming an actress.hilary swank in boys don't cry
Her first notable screen credit was as the sidekick in the feature film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1992. Two years later, she earned a modicum of fame when she was chosen to star in The Next Karate Kid, a critical and box-office failure.
Swank subsequently appeared in a number of minor films and gained recognition on Beverly Hills, 90210 for one season, as Steve's (Ian Ziering) girlfriend Carly. In 1999, Swank found a role that would change her life forever in the independent drama, Boys Don't Cry. Based on the story of Teena Brandon, a woman whose decision to lead her life as a man met with dire consequences, Boys Don't Cry was a runaway success.
hilary swank in million dollar baby
Particular praise went to Swank for her stunning performance, for which she won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Subsequent projects included The Gift (2000), The Affair of the Necklace (2001), the thriller Insomnia (2002) with Al Pacino and Robin Williams, The Core (2003), the made-for-TV movie Iron Jawed Angels (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe), and Red Dust (2004).
In 2004, Hilary blew filmgoers away once again with her portrayal of a champion boxer in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, for which she won the Oscar, SAG and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Several relatively successful movies followed including The Black Dahlia (2006), Freedom Writers (2007), The Reaping (2007) and P.S., I Love You (2007).
Swank married actor Chad Lowe in 1997 but the couple divorced in May 2006. Heartbreak, however, is not in Hilary Swanks vocabulary, and she's on her way to another award-worthy contender with 2009's Amelia -- the historical epic that chronicles the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Reader Comments: 41 Posts
i ccant belive its herr from boys dont cry omg she looked better ass a boy thann in real life omg omg
nice good
Hilary Swank is absoluty gorgeous!!! What impresses me the most is that she came up from nothing and worked her way up to the top. Her smile is one of a kind, and there is just something about her teeth that is just WOOOO!!!! All my friends tell me I'm crazy that I think she's beautiful, but there the ones that are crazy! If I could meet anyone in my life time it would be her!
i would go on and on about her beauty cause she is very hot. but i have to run take a blahblahblah !!!
Elsa Pataky 82, Hilary Swank 80! lmao something is f***ked-up.
July 13, 2009
Hilary Swank is the actress
Sincerly yours, E.R. Chase Jr.
Hilary swank is gorgeous!!
She's young and talented: already a massive superstar. She rose from obscurity in 1999 for "Boys Don't Cry" in which she was granted her first Oscar, following this by "Million Dollar Baby", which had her picking up the Academy Award for Best Actress (2005) once again. And she's still in her early thirties. Incredible.
Not Hot.
I think Blahblahblah is a disgusting looking woman....
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