Hilary Swank

HILARY SWANK is a two-time Academy Award® winner in the category of Best Actress. She won her first Oscar® for her portrayal of Brandon Teena in the 1999 drama "Boys Don't Cry." For her work in that film, she also won a Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Award, as well as New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics and National Society of Film Critics Awards in the same category. Additionally, the National Board of Review recognized Swank's work with the Breakthrough Performance of the Year Award, and she earned BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award® nominations.

In 2005, Swank won her second Academy Award® for her starring role in Clint Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Best Picture "Million Dollar Baby." In addition, she won her second Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award®, as well as the National Society of Film Critics and Critics' Choice Awards for Best Actress. That same year, she earned Golden Globe and SAG Award® nominations for the role in HBO's "Iron Jawed Angels."

Swank also received a 2011 SAG Award® nomination for her performance in the fact-based drama "Conviction," on which she also served as executive producer. She previously executive produced and starred in two true-life dramas: Mira Nair's "Amelia," winning the Hollywood Film Festival Award for her portrayal of the legendary aviatrix; and "Freedom Writers," directed by Richard LaGravenese.

Last year, Swank was a producer on the romantic comedy "Something Borrowed," the first film produced under the banner of her production company, 2S Films, formed in partnership with Molly Mickler Smith.

Her additional credits include LaGravenese's "P.S. I Love You," Brian De Palma's "The Black Dahlia," "The Affair of the Necklace," Sam Raimi's "The Gift," Stephen Hopkins' thriller "The Reaping" and Christopher Nolan's "Insomnia."

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