Katherine Mathilda Swinton ,is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films.
Tilda Swinton was born in London, the daughter of Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, KCVO, by his Australian spouse Judith Balfour (née Killen).
Swinton gained great artistic acclaim for a period in 1995 when she developed a performance/installation art piece in which as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery, London. She was on display to the public for a week, asleep or apparently so, in a glass case, as a piece of performance art.
She appeared as the scheming archangel Gabriel in Constantine with Keanu Reeves, as a supporting character in films such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Swinton has also appeared in British films: The Statement (2003) and Young Adam (2004), and sat on the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2005, her performance as the sinister, seductive villainess, the White Witch Jadis, in the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe garnered critical praise as did her portrayal of Audrey Cobb in the Mike Mills film adaptation of the novel Thumbsucker.
Tilda Swinton was the narrator throughout ITV Channel 4's hour-long documentary Hitler's Favourite Royal, broadcast on Thursday, December 6, 2007.
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