About Hilary Swank (1974 - )

Hilary Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hilary's acting career started early at the age of nine years old, when she did her first play, portraying "Mowgli" in "The Jungle Book." Hilary Swank continued to be in school productions and community theater. She was also an athlete, competing at the state level in gymnastics and swimming. 

In 1990, at the age of 16, Hilary Swank and her mother moved to Pasadena, California, where she started her professional career.  Hilary Swank's starred in THE NEXT KARATE KID in 1994. 

In 1999 she played a cross dressed teen in BOYS DON'T CRY.  She won an Academy Award for her performance.

Hillary Swank portrayed a local police detective in a teen murder case in INSOMNIA in 2002, with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. 

In 2004, she played a tragic female boxer in Clint Eastwood's MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Swank played a widow, whose late husband's letters he contrived to have delivered to her after his death, send her on adventures, in P.S. I LOVE YOU (2007).

Hillary Swank described her fascination with portraying real life characters:  "I like to dive into things that scare the crap out of me. I'm completely drawn to those people who, against all odds, persevere."

On success, Swank commented, "As in life, your mind can be the hugest obstacle or tool, depending on how you choose to use it. And I find that a lot of people who are successful in life say, "I can do this, and I will do this." Their minds don't get in their way; whereas people who wake up and say, "Oh, I can't," their mind is in their way, and it's going to stop them from doing what they need to do to achieve their dream."

Hilary Swank's other film credits include:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992)
THE NEXT KARATE KID (1994)
SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK AGAIN(1996)
KOUNTERFEIT (1996)
QUIET DAYS IN HOLLYWOOD (1995)
HEARTWOOD (1998)
THE AUDITION (2000)
THE GIFT (2000)
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE (2001) 
THE CHAMBERMAID
INSOMNIA
THE SPACE BETWEEN (2002)
THE CORE (2003)
11:14 (203)
RED DUST (2004)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
THE BLACK DAHLIA  (2006) 
FREEDOM WRITERS (2007) 
THE REAPING (2007)
P.S. I LOVE YOU (2007)
BIRDS OF AMERICA (2008) 
AMELIA (2009)
CONVICTION (2010)

Hilary Swank's Television credits inlcude:

"Growing Pains" (Episodes: # 7.8 & # 7.17) (1991-1992)
CAMP WILDER (TV series) (1992-1993)
BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 (TV series) (1997-1998)
LEAVING L.A. (TV series) (1997-1998) 

Hilary Swank in THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)

Hilary Swank in P.S. I LOVE YOU (2007)

Hilary Swank in THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE (2001)

Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY (1999)

THE HILLARY SWANK ACTING REVIEW