Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

1974-07-30 Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 64 Credits

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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...

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Clint Eastwood : la légende

Clint Eastwood : la légende

2025

as Herself

Acting
Ordinary Angels

Ordinary Angels

2024

as Sharon Stevens

7.8
Acting

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

The Good Mother

2023

as Marissa Bennings

4.8
Acting

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

The Good Mother

2023

Executive Producer

4.8
Producing

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

Fatale

2020

as Det. Valerie Quinlan

6.0
Acting

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

Fatale

2020

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Disclosure

2020

as Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)

7.9
Acting

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have...

The Hunt

The Hunt

2020

as Athena

6.6
Acting

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

I Am Mother

2019

as Woman

6.7
Acting

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

What They Had

2018

as Bridget

6.6
Acting

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

What They Had

2018

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

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

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

2018

as Self (archive footage)

3.4
Acting

The lifestyle, self-styling and political opinions of Chechen dictator Ramsan Kadyrov are examined in this documentary.

55 Steps

55 Steps

2018

as Colette Hughes

6.7
Acting

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

Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

2017

5.8
Acting

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

Logan Lucky

2017

as Special Agent Sarah Grayson

6.7
Acting

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

Spark: A Space Tail

2016

as The Queen (voice)

4.7
Acting

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

You're Not You

2014

as Kate

7.4
Acting

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

You're Not You

2014

Producer

7.4
Producing

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

The Homesman

The Homesman

2014

as Mary Bee Cuddy

6.5
Acting

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

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Mary and Martha

2013

as Mary

6.4
Acting

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

New Year's Eve

2011

as Claire Morgan

5.9
Acting

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

Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed

2011

Producer

6.2
Producing

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

The Resident

2011

as Juliet Devereau

5.8
Acting

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

The Resident

2011

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

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

Conviction

2010

as Betty Anne Waters

7.1
Acting

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

Conviction

2010

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Amelia

2009

as Amelia Earhart

5.7
Acting

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

Birds of America

2008

as Laura

5.4
Acting

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

P.S. I Love You

2007

as Holly

7.2
Acting

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

The Reaping

2007

as Katherine

5.7
Acting

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

Freedom Writers

2007

as Erin Gruwell

7.9
Acting

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

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

2007

Executive Producer

7.9
Producing

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

Beautiful Ohio

Beautiful Ohio

2006

Producer

5.1
Producing

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

...So Goes the Nation

2006

as Self

6.8
Acting

A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

2006

as Madeleine Linscott

5.6
Acting

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

On Native Soil

2006

as Narrator (voice)

7.7
Acting

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

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

2005

as Self - Presenter

2.0
Acting

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

Million Dollar Baby

2004

as Maggie Fitzgerald

8.0
Acting

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

Iron Jawed Angels

2004

as Alice Paul

6.9
Acting

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

Red Dust

2004

as Sarah Barcant

5.8
Acting

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

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

as Self

5.2
Acting

Examines the relationship between sex, women, and the role of female sexuality in popular Hollywood culture, focusing on Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfie...

11:14

11:14

2003

as Buzzy

6.8
Acting

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

11:14

2003

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

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

The Core

2003

as Maj. Rebecca Childs

5.8
Acting

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

Under Antarctic Ice

2003

as Narrator (voice)

Acting
Insomnia

Insomnia

2002

as Ellie Burr

6.9
Acting

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

The Affair of the Necklace

2001

as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois

5.6
Acting

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

The Concert for New York City

2001

as Self

4.8
Acting

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

The Audition

2000

Acting

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

The Gift

The Gift

2000

as Valerie Barksdale

6.5
Acting

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

Boys Don't Cry

1999

as Brandon Teena

7.4
Acting

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Heartwood

Heartwood

1998

as Sylvia Orsini

3.5
Acting

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

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

as Lauren Schall

5.9
Acting

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

Dying to Belong

1997

as Lisa Connors

5.2
Acting

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

Quiet Days in Hollywood

1997

as Lolita

3.3
Acting

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

Kounterfeit

1996

as Colleen

4.5
Acting

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

Sometimes They Come Back... Again

1996

as Michelle Porter

4.8
Acting

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

Terror in the Family

1996

as Deena Marten

6.1
Acting

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

The Next Karate Kid

1994

as Julie Pierce

5.4
Acting

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

Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

1994

as Patty Yaklich

6.3
Acting

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

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

as Kimberly Hannah

5.6
Acting

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

Acting

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

Producing

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...