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Tilda Swinton filmography

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Swinton at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

Tilda Swinton is a British actress known for her performances on film and television. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Michael Clayton (2007).

Her early films include Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001), and Spike Jonze's Adaptation (2002). She also 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). She also starred in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), and Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). She also appeared in the Marvel films Doctor Strange (2016), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). She is also known for her appearances in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023).

Film

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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 (voice) Derek Jarman
Wittgenstein Lady Ottoline Morrell Derek Jarman
1994 Remembrance of Things Fast:
True Stories Visual Lies
John Maybury
1996 Female Perversions Eve Stephens Susan Streitfeld
1997 Conceiving Ada Ada Byron King Lynn Hershman Leeson
Herlizeares Diera (voice)
1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 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
2007 Faceless[1] Narrator (voice) Manu Luksch
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 Coen
Ethan Coen
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian White Witch Andrew Adamson Cameo[2]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Elizabeth Abbott David Fincher
Derek[3][4][5][6] 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 (voice) Lucy Gray 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[7] Marianne Luca Guadagnino
Trainwreck Dianna Judd Apatow
2016 Doctor Strange Ancient One Scott Derrickson
Hail, Caesar! Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
The Seasons in Quincy:
Four Portraits of John Berger
Herself Bartek Dziadosz
Colin MacCabe
Christopher Roth
Tilda Swinton
Documentary;[8][9][10][11]
also co-director, writer and executive producer
2017 Letters from Baghdad Gertrude Bell (voice) Sabine Krayenbühl
Zeva Oelbaum
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 (voice) Wes Anderson
Suspiria Madame Blanc / Dr. Josef Klemperer
/ Mother Helena Markos
Luca Guadagnino Credited as Lutz Ebersdorf for second role[12]
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" (voice) Safdie brothers Cameo
2020 Last and First Men Narrator (voice) Jóhann Jóhannsson
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 (voices) Guillermo del Toro
Mark Gustafson
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 Pedro Almodóvar
TBA The Ballad of a Small Player TBA Edward Berger Filming[13]
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul film † TBA Apichatpong Weerasethakul Post-production[14]

Television

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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

Video games

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Year Title Role
2005 Constantine Gabriel (voice)

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Director
1996 The Box Orbital Jes Benstock and Luke Losey
2013 "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" David Bowie Floria Sigismondi

References

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  1. ^ Alexandra Juhasz, Alisa Lebow (Ed.): A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2015, p. 597
  2. ^ "Swinton happy to make Narnia cameo". United Press International Entertainment News. 19 May 2008.
  3. ^ Jon Savage: Against the tide, theguardian.com, 14 February 2008
  4. ^ Stephen Holden: Clips From an Artistic Life, Provocative and Cinematic, nytimes.com, 9 June 2008
  5. ^ Derek, Isaac Julien (GB 2008), Vienna International Film Festival, 2008
  6. ^ "BBC – Derek, directed by Isaac Julien and starring Tilda Swinton, is a film that looks back at Jarman's life. – Derek Jarman". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ^ "A Bigger Splash" Watch new movie trailer starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes & Matthias Schoenaerts". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. ^ Andrew Pulver: The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger review – Tilda Swinton's demonstration of affection, theguardian.com, 16 February 2016
  9. ^ Roman Tschiedl: The Seasons in Quincy, Radio OE1 Leporello, 15 February 2016
  10. ^ The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, 2016 (PDF)
  11. ^ seasonsinquincy.com, Official Website, 2016
  12. ^ Buchanan, Kyle (10 October 2018). "How 'Suspiria' Transformed Tilda Swinton into an 82-Year-Old Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  13. ^ Gajewski, Ryan (9 April 2024). "Colin Farrell to Star in Edward Berger's 'The Ballad of a Small Player' for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Tilda Swinton Spent 8 Months in Sri Lanka Shooting Apichatpong Weerasethakul's New Film". World of Reel. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
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