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Katherine Matilda Swinton is a British actress, known for her roles in both independent arthouse films and blockbusters. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2007 film Michael Clayton. She also won the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress for the 2003 film Young Adam, and has received three Golden Globe Award nominations.
Birth Name
Katherine Matilda Swinton
Born
Saturday, 05 November 1960
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Problemista | Elizabeth | 2024 |
| The Killer | The Expert | 2023 |
| Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | 2023 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022 |
| The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind / Julie Hart / Rosalind Hart | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death / Death (voice) | 2022 |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022 |
| The Storms of Jeremy Thomas | Self | 2022 |
| The French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | 2021 |
| The Souvenir: Part II | Rosalind | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Problemista | Elizabeth | 2024 |
| The Killer | The Expert | 2023 |
| Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | 2023 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022 |
| The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind / Julie Hart / Rosalind Hart | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death / Death (voice) | 2022 |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | 2022 |
| The Storms of Jeremy Thomas | Self | 2022 |
| The French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | 2021 |
| The Souvenir: Part II | Rosalind | 2021 |
| Moments Within Moments | Self | 2021 |
| Memoria | Jessica Holland | 2021 |
| What If...? | The Ancient One | 2021 |
| The Human Voice | Woman | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| Schlingensief: A Voice That Shook the Silence | Self | 2020 |
| Last and First Men | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2020 |
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 2020 |
| Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Narrator | 2019 |
| Uncut Gems | Anne 'Adley's Auction Manager' / Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice) | 2019 |
| The Souvenir | Rosalind | 2019 |
| The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | 2019 |
| Avengers: Endgame | The Ancient One | 2019 |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Tilda | 2019 |
| Hunting for Hedonia | Self - Narrator | 2019 |
| Suspiria | Helena Markos / Dr. Klemperer / Madame Blanc | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Isle of Dogs | Oracle / Oracle (voice) | 2018 |
| Letters from Generation Rx | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2017 |
| Okja | Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando | 2017 |
| War Machine | German Politician | 2017 |
| The Oscars | Self - Mean Tweets segment | 2017 |
| Tania Libre | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 2017 |
| Doctor Strange | The Ancient One | 2016 |
| Letters from Baghdad | Gertrude Bell / Gertrude Bell (voice) | 2016 |
| The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | Herself / Self | 2016 |
| Hail, Caesar! | Thessaly Thacker / Thora Thacker | 2016 |
| A Bigger Splash | Marianne Lane | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Trainwreck | Dianna | 2015 |
| B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 | Self | 2015 |
| Dreams Rewired | Narrator | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| Hollywood Sessions | Self | 2014 |
| Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch | Herself / Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Madame D. / Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe-und-Taxis | 2014 |
| Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Zero Theorem | Dr. Shrink-Rom | 2013 |
| Death for a Unicorn | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2013 |
| Snowpiercer | Mason / Minister Mason | 2013 |
| When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator | 2013 |
| Love Flesh | Self | 2013 |
| Radioman | Self | 2012 |
| Celebrity Style Story | Self | 2012 |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | 2012 |
| Are All Men Pedophiles? | Self | 2012 |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
| Cinema Is Everywhere | Self / Herself | 2011 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | 2011 |
| 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Self | 2011 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | The White Witch | 2010 |
| Ebert Presents: At the Movies | Self - I Am Love | 2010 |
| Climate of Change | Narrator | 2010 |
| I Am Love | Emma Recchi | 2010 |
| Trace of the Bears | Self | 2010 |
| The Invisible Frame | The Cyclist | 2009 |
| Getting On | Elke | 2009 |
| The Limits of Control | Blonde | 2009 |
| The Rotten Tomatoes Show | Self | 2009 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2009 |
| Moving Pictures Live! | Self | 2009 |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | 2008 |
| Requiem for Jarman | Self | 2008 |
| Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | 2008 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | The White Witch / White Witch | 2008 |
| Julia | Julia | 2008 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 2008 |
| Derek | Narrator | 2008 |
| The New Ten Commandments | Self | 2008 |
| Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | 2007 |
| The Man from London | Maloin felesége / Camélia | 2007 |
| Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007 |
| Here's Looking at You, Boy | Herself / Self | 2007 |
| Manufacturing Dissent | Self - at 2004 Cannes Film Festival | 2007 |
| Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | 2007 |
| Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | 2007 |
| Hitler's Favourite Royal | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
| Deep Water | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 2006 |
| Galapagos | Narrator / Self - Presenter | 2006 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | White Witch | 2005 |
| Line of Fire: The Somme | Narrator | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | 2005 |
| Broken Flowers | Penny | 2005 |
| Constantine | Gabriel | 2005 |
| At the Movies | Self | 2004 |
| Words in Progress | Self | 2004 |
| Teknolust | Olive / Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne | 2004 |
| The Statement | Annemarie Livi | 2003 |
| Hollywood on Set | Self | 2003 |
| Young Adam | Ella Gault | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself | 2003 |
| Adaptation. | Valerie Thomas | 2002 |
| Vanilla Sky | Rebecca Dearborn | 2001 |
| The Deep End | Margaret Hall | 2001 |
| The Dilapidated Dwelling | Narrator | 2000 |
| The Beach | Sal | 2000 |
| Possible Worlds | Joyce | 2000 |
| The Protagonists | Actress | 1999 |
| The War Zone | Mum | 1999 |
| Conceiving Ada | Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace / Ada Byron King | 1999 |
| Karen Black: Actress at Work | Self | 1999 |
| Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Muriel Belcher | 1998 |
| Female Perversions | Eve Stephens | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies | 1994 | |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| Blue | Narrator | 1993 |
| Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | 1993 |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Ophelia | 1992 |
| Orlando | Orlando | 1992 |
| Man to Man | Ella / Max Gerike | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Edward II | Isabella | 1991 |
| The Party: Nature Morte | Queenie | 1991 |
| Your Cheatin' Heart | Cissie Crouch | 1990 |
| The Garden | Madonna / Madonna/Voice Overs | 1990 |
| Play Me Something | Hairdresser | 1989 |
| War Requiem | The Nurse | 1989 |
| Cycling the Frame | The Cyclist | 1988 |
| The Last of England | The Maid | 1988 |
| Degrees of Blindness | 1988 | |
| Das andere Ende der Welt | 1988 | |
| Friendship's Death | Friendship | 1987 |
| Aria | Young Girl / Young Girl (segment "Depuis le jour") | 1987 |
| Egomania: Island Without Hope | Sally | 1987 |
| Caravaggio | Lena | 1986 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Arena | Herself - Interviewee / Herself (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Memoria | 2021 |
| Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | 2019 |
| Okja | 2017 |
| Letters from Baghdad | 2016 |
| The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | 2016 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | 2011 |
| I Am Love | 2010 |
| Derek | 2008 |
| Stephanie Daley | 2007 |
| Thumbsucker | 2005 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
| 2008 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2002 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
