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Hilary Swank
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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 recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).
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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 recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Golden Globe Awards
Bambi
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Early Show
BoJack Horseman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Yellowjackets
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Masked Singer
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Chelsea
The Jay Leno Show
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Explained
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Growing Pains
Today
The Oscars
Logan Lucky
Beverly Hills, 90210
The Gift
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Insomnia
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
The Next Karate Kid
The Hunt
The Core
Trust
Red Dust
Million Dollar Baby
The Reaping
The Resident
Mary and Martha
P.S. I Love You
Away
Freedom Writers
Conviction
You're Not You
Alaska Daily
Boys Don't Cry
Production Credits
Something Borrowed
Conviction
The Resident
Away
Alaska Daily
You're Not You
Freedom Writers
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