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Tilda Swinton
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A practical observation that I’ve made over the years with ancient beloved people in my life—real spiritual youth is gained latterly.
— Interview: Tilda Swinton (March 28, 2014)
Tilda Swinton
Scottish-British actress
- Fame63.9
- Momentum2.1
- United Kingdom rank#238
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- Fame63.9
- Momentum2.1
- United Kingdom rank#238
- Actors rank#163
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Born 1960 · age 66United Kingdom
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She doesn't play parts so much as inhabit shapes — androgynous witch, ancient sorcerer, ice-queen villain, desperate mother — each one a physical transformation that makes you forget the last. The draw is her uncanny ability to disappear into the strange and stay compelling.
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Katherine Matilda Swinton was born 5 November 1960 in Scotland and started in the experimental films of Derek Jarman: Caravaggio in 1986, The Last of England, War Requiem, The Garden, then Edward II in 1991, which won her the Volpi Cup. Orlando in 1992 and The Deep End in 2001 brought wider notice, the latter earning a Golden Globe nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for Michael Clayton, playing a corporate attorney, and found mainstream reach as the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia films and the Ancient One in Marvel's Doctor Strange. A frequent We…
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Tilda Swinton
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What children, in fact all of us at any age, find frightening is unreliability and emotional coldness.
— Tilda Swinton, The White Witch of Narnia Speaks! (December 9, 2005)
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- Sitges Grand Honorary Award
- Saturn Award for Best Actress
- European Film Award for Best Actress
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