Biography
Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). She then had her breakthrough for starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997–1998). Swank came to international recognitio...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025
as Herself

Ordinary Angels
2024
as Sharon Stevens
Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his c...

The Good Mother
2023
as Marissa Bennings
A journalist and her son's pregnant girlfriend attempt to track down those responsible for the murder of her estranged son. Together, they confront a ...

The Good Mother
2023
Executive Producer
A journalist and her son's pregnant girlfriend attempt to track down those responsible for the murder of her estranged son. Together, they confront a ...

Fatale
2020
as Det. Valerie Quinlan
After a wild one-night stand, successful sports agent Derrick Tyler watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers the sexy and mysteriou...

Fatale
2020
Producer
After a wild one-night stand, successful sports agent Derrick Tyler watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers the sexy and mysteriou...

Disclosure
2020
as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have...

The Hunt
2020
as Athena
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruth...

I Am Mother
2019
as Woman
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is thr...

What They Had
2018
as Bridget
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

What They Had
2018
Executive Producer
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The lifestyle, self-styling and political opinions of Chechen dictator Ramsan Kadyrov are examined in this documentary.

55 Steps
2018
as Colette Hughes
The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the righ...

Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
A high-art, high-fashion showcase of a star's many personas-and a vivid reminder that our art, not our obstacles, ultimately defines us. Free, focused...

Logan Lucky
2017
as Special Agent Sarah Grayson
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at th...

Spark: A Space Tail
2016
as The Queen (voice)
Spark, a teenage monkey and his friends, Chunk and Vix, are on a mission to regain Planet Bana - a kingdom overtaken by the evil overlord Zhong.

You're Not You
2014
as Kate
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

You're Not You
2014
Producer
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

The Homesman
2014
as Mary Bee Cuddy
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, indepen...

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with w...

Mary and Martha
2013
as Mary
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mo...

New Year's Eve
2011
as Claire Morgan
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Something Borrowed
2011
Producer
Though Rachel is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, R...

The Resident
2011
as Juliet Devereau
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a...

The Resident
2011
Executive Producer
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a...

Conviction
2010
as Betty Anne Waters
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, ...

Conviction
2010
Executive Producer
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, ...

Amelia
2009
as Amelia Earhart
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...

Birds of America
2008
as Laura
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister ca...

P.S. I Love You
2007
as Holly
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

The Reaping
2007
as Katherine
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking r...

Freedom Writers
2007
as Erin Gruwell
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Freedom Writers
2007
Executive Producer
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Beautiful Ohio
2006
Producer
A quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers — Clive and William — growing up in the unconventional household of progressive parents i...

...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

The Black Dahlia
2006
as Madeleine Linscott
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer ...

On Native Soil
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The film analyzes the efforts by the families of 9/11 victims to create the 9/11 Commission and what information was revealed by it in the 9/11 Commis...

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
A one-hour, commercial-free benefit concert television special that aired simulcast worldwide on September 9, 2005, at 8 pm ET/CT live.

Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Maggie Fitzgerald
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggi...

Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Alice Paul
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Red Dust
2004
as Sarah Barcant
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black So...

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
Examines the relationship between sex, women, and the role of female sexuality in popular Hollywood culture, focusing on Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfie...

11:14
2003
as Buzzy
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of ...

11:14
2003
Executive Producer
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of ...

The Core
2003
as Maj. Rebecca Childs
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapid...

Under Antarctic Ice
2003
as Narrator (voice)

Insomnia
2002
as Ellie Burr
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grac...

The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-yo...

The Audition
2000
A woman’s unhealthy addiction towards Daniella, a young celebrity that she watched at an audition.

The Gift
2000
as Valerie Barksdale
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see....

Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Brandon Teena
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Heartwood
1998
as Sylvia Orsini
When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the town's population out of work, sawmill owner Logan...

The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Lauren Schall
Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot...

Dying to Belong
1997
as Lisa Connors
When a girls friend is killed by a college hazing, she is the only one who can find out the truth.

Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997
as Lolita
Behind the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown exists a harsh reality. Lolita is a streetwalker hustling for business on Hollywood Blvd. Julie is a waitre...

Kounterfeit
1996
as Colleen
Flush with $3 million in counterfeit bills, a pair of small-time criminals hope to make the big time by trading it in for a cool million in authentic ...

Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996
as Michelle Porter
Jon Porter returns to his hometown after the sudden and bizarre death of his mother. He hopes to leave as soon as the funeral is over but it's too lat...

Terror in the Family
1996
as Deena Marten
Fifteen-year-old Deena Marten wants the same freedom every teenager craves. But when she can't have her way, her rebellious temperament erupts in viol...

The Next Karate Kid
1994
as Julie Pierce
Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to...

Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
1994
as Patty Yaklich
Donna Yaklich meets Dennis the policeman and thinks she might have found a good relationship. But Dennis is obsessed with weight-lifting and uses ster...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Kimberly Hannah
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill va...
N.A.R.
N/A
A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret ne...
N.A.R.
N/A
Executive Producer
A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret ne...