Tilda Swinton filmography
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Tilda Swinton is a Scottish actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She has appeared in numerous art house and blockbuster films, frequently collaborating with directors Joanna Hogg, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson and Luca Guadagnino.
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Swinton made her screen debut in Joanna Hogg's 1986 short film Caprice. She subsequently earned acclaim for her portrayals of Isabella of France in Derek Jarman's Edward II (1991), and an androgynous nobleman in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992). During this time she also took notable roles in the films such as the drama Friendship's Death (1987), experimental film Wittgenstein (1993), the erotic drama Female Perversions (1996), the British drama The War Zone (1999), the psychological drama Vanilla Sky (2001), the thriller The Deep End (2001), the adventure drama The Beach (2000), and the comedy-drama Adaptation (2002). Swinton received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Michael Clayton (2007).
In blockbusters, Swinton has starred as the White Witch in the film adaptations of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) and appeared as the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Doctor Strange (2016) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Other notable film appearances include David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer (2013).
Acting credits
Film
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Caravaggio | Lena | Derek Jarman | |
| Egomania: Island Without Hope | Sally | Christoph Schlingensief | ||
| Caprice | Lucky | Joanna Hogg | Short film | |
| 1987 | Aria | Young Girl | Derek Jarman | Segment: "Depuis le jour" |
| Friendship's Death | Friendship | Peter Wollen | ||
| The Last of England | The Maid | Derek Jarman | ||
| 1988 | Das andere Ende der Welt | Imogen Kimmel | ||
| Cycling the Frame | The Cyclist | Cynthia Beatt | Short film | |
| Degrees of Blindness | Cerith Wyn Evans | Short film | ||
| L'Ispirazione | Derek Jarman | Short film | ||
| 1989 | Play Me Something | Hairdresser | Timothy Neat | |
| War Requiem | Nurse | Derek Jarman | ||
| 1990 | The Garden | Madonna | Derek Jarman | |
| 1991 | Edward II | Isabella | Derek Jarman | |
| The Party – Nature Morte | Queenie | Cynthia Beatt | ||
| 1992 | Man To Man | Ella/Max Gericke | John Maybury | |
| Orlando | Orlando | Sally Potter | ||
| 1993 | Blue | Narrator | Derek Jarman | Voice |
| Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | Derek Jarman | ||
| 1994 | Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies | Performer | John Maybury | Experimental short |
| 1996 | Female Perversions | Eve Stephens | Susan Streitfeld | |
| 1997 | Conceiving Ada | Ada Byron King | Lynn Hershman Leeson | |
| Herlizeares | Diera | Voice | ||
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil | Muriel Belcher | John Maybury | |
| 1999 | The Protagonists | Actress | Luca Guadagnino | |
| The War Zone | Mum | Tim Roth | ||
| 2000 | The Beach | Sal | Danny Boyle | |
| Possible Worlds | Joyce | Robert Lepage | ||
| 2001 | The Deep End | Margaret Hall | Scott McGehee & David Siegel | |
| Vanilla Sky | Rebecca Dearborn | Cameron Crowe | ||
| 2002 | Adaptation | Valerie Thomas | Spike Jonze | |
| Teknolust | Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive | Lynn Hershman Leeson | ||
| 2003 | The Statement | Annemarie Livi | Norman Jewison | |
| Young Adam | Ella Gault | David Mackenzie | ||
| 2005 | Absent Presence | Operator | Martin R. Davison & Hussein Chalayan | Short film |
| Broken Flowers | Penny | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| Constantine | Gabriel | Francis Lawrence | ||
| Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | Mike Mills | Also co-executive producer | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | White Witch | Andrew Adamson | ||
| 2006 | Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | Hilary Brougher | Also executive producer[1] |
| 2007 | Faceless[2] | Narrator | Manu Luksch | Voice |
| The Man from London | Camélia | Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky | ||
| Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | Tony Gilroy | ||
| Sleepwalkers | Violinist | Doug Aitken | Short film | |
| Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | Lynn Hershman Leeson | Documentary | |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | Joel & Ethan Coen | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | White Witch | Andrew Adamson | Cameo[3] | |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | David Fincher | ||
| Derek[4][5][6][7] | Narrator (voice) | Isaac Julien | Documentary; also writer and executive producer | |
| Julia | Julia | Erick Zonca | ||
| 2009 | I Am Love | Emma Recchi | Luca Guadagnino | Also producer |
| The Limits of Control | Blonde | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| The Invisible Frame | The Cyclist | Cynthia Beatt | Short film | |
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | White Witch | Michael Apted | |
| 2011 | Genevieve Goes Boating | Narrator | Lucy Gray | Voice; Short film |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | Lynne Ramsay | Also executive producer | |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | Wes Anderson | |
| 2013 | Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | Jim Jarmusch | |
| Snowpiercer | Minister Mason | Bong Joon-ho | ||
| The Zero Theorem | Dr Shrink-Rom | Terry Gilliam | ||
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Madame D. | Wes Anderson | |
| 2015 | A Bigger Splash[8] | Marianne | Luca Guadagnino | |
| Trainwreck | Dianna | Judd Apatow | ||
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Ancient One | Scott Derrickson | |
| Hail, Caesar! | Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker | Joel & Ethan Coen | ||
| The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | Herself | Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, & Tilda Swinton | Documentary;[9][10][11][12] also co-director, writer and executive producer | |
| 2017 | Letters from Baghdad | Gertrude Bell | Sabine Krayenbühl & Zeva Oelbaum | Voice; Documentary; also executive producer |
| Okja | Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando | Bong Joon-ho | Also co-producer | |
| War Machine | German Politician | David Michôd | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Oracle | Wes Anderson | Voice |
| Suspiria | Madame Blanc / Dr. Josef Klemperer / Mother Helena Markos | Luca Guadagnino | Credited as Lutz Ebersdorf for second role[13] | |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Ancient One | Anthony Russo & Joe Russo | |
| The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | Armando Iannucci | ||
| The Souvenir | Rosalind | Joanna Hogg | ||
| Uncut Gems | Anne "Adley's Auction Manager" | Safdie brothers | Voice; Cameo | |
| 2020 | Last and First Men | Narrator | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Voice |
| The Human Voice | Woman | Pedro Almodóvar | Short film | |
| 2021 | The Souvenir Part II | Rosalind | Joanna Hogg | |
| The French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | Wes Anderson | ||
| Memoria | Jessica Holland | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | ||
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Dr. Alithea Binnie | George Miller | |
| The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind | Joanna Hogg | ||
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death | Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson | Voices | |
| 2023 | Problemista | Elizabeth | Julio Torres | |
| Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | Wes Anderson | ||
| The Killer | The Expert | David Fincher | ||
| 2024 | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Narrator | Mark Cousins | Documentary |
| The End | Mother | Joshua Oppenheimer | Also producer | |
| The Room Next Door | Martha / Michelle | Pedro Almodóvar | ||
| 2025 | Ballad of a Small Player | Cynthia Blithe | Edward Berger | [14] |
| Broken English | The Overseer | Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | [15] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Zastrozzi, A Romance | Julia | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | Your Cheatin' Heart | Cissie Crouch | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Screenplay | Ella / Max Gericke | Episode: "Man to Man" |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Ophelia | Voice; Episode: "Hamlet" | |
| 1994 | Visions of Heaven and Hell | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2005 | The Somme | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2006 | Galápagos | Narrator | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Getting On | Elke | Episode 6 (season 3) |
| 2013 | When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2019 | What We Do in the Shadows | Tilda | Episode: "The Trial" |
| 2021 | What If...? | Ancient One | Voice; Episode: "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?" |
| 2024 | The Boys | Ambrosius | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2026 | Rick and Morty | The Collective | Voice; Episode: "There's Something About Morty" |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Julius Caesar | Plebian | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London | [16] |
| 1983–1984 | Measure for Measure | Juliet | Barbican Theater, London | [17] |
| 1984 | Henry VIII | Lady in Waiting | [18] | |
| 1984 | The Devils | Sister Claire | Royal Shakespeare Company, London | [19] |
| 1984 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Mother / Peasant Girl | [20] | |
| 1985 | Waste | Lucy Davenport | [21] | |
| 1985 | Torquato Tasso | Princess | National Theatre, London | |
| 1989 | The Long Way Round | Nova | ||
| 2005 | Stand Bravely, Brothers! | Narrator | Royal Festival Hall, London |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Constantine | Gabriel (voice) |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "The Box" | Orbital | Jes Benstock and Luke Losey |
| 2013 | "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" | David Bowie | Floria Sigismondi |