Tilda Swinton Bio, Age, Husband, Honor Byrne, Movies, Wiki & Net Worth

Tilda Swinton is a remarkable British actress, model, and artist who has appeared in many renowned films and has won big awards for her superior performances. Swinton was born in London in a renowned family. Her father was a major general who formerly headed the Household Division in the British Army. Involve in acting from a young age, she began functioning on stage when she was still in college. She later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made her professional acting introduction in the play ‘Measure for Measure’. She later propelled to the cinema, making her movie introduction in the British film ‘Caravaggio’.

Tilda Swinton is a remarkable British actress, model, and artist who has appeared in many renowned films and has won big awards for her superior performances. Swinton was born in London in a renowned family. Her father was a major general who formerly headed the Household Division in the British Army. Involve in acting from a young age, she began functioning on stage when she was still in college. She later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made her professional acting introduction in the play ‘Measure for Measure’. She later propelled to the cinema, making her movie introduction in the British film ‘Caravaggio’.

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Life Journey

Tilda Swinton was born on 5th November 1960 in London. Her father John Swinton was a major general in the British Army and her mother was Judith Balfour. She has three brothers. She learned at three different schools, one of them being an expensive boarding school named West Heath Girls’ School.

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She later termed her experience at the school as sour and has said that boarding schools are very cruel and children don’t advance from that kind of environment. She later attended New Hall (now called Murray Edwards College) at the University of Cambridge, where she earned a degree in social and political sciences in 1983.

During this time, she entered the Communist Party and later, the Scottish Socialist Party. It was also during this span that she began acting on stage. Tilda Swinton dated scenarist John Byrne from 1989 to 2003. They have two children, twins Honor and Xavier Swinton Byrne, who were born in 1997.

Her present partner is Sandro Kopp, a German painter. Other than acting, Tilda Swinton is also known for various other works. She initiated the new Screen Academy Scotland production center in Edinburgh and began the film festival ‘Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams’.

Tilda Swinton Net Worth

Tilda Swinton has a net worth of $14 million.

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Tilda Swinton Movies And TV Shows

• Tilda Swinton joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984, and appeared in the play ‘Measure for Measure’. Her first work in cinema was in the 1986 drama film ‘Caravaggio’ directed by Derek Jarman.
• Her TV career also began in 1986, with a role in the mini-series ‘Zastrozzi: A Romance’ which was based on the Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
• From 1986 to 1990, she was seen in the TV series ‘The Open Universe’.
  She continued to work with Jarman in some of his other works, such as ‘The Last of England’ (1987), ‘War Requiem’ (1989) and ‘Edward II’ (1991), for which she received the Volpi Cup at the 1991 Venice Film Festival in the ‘Best Actress Category’.
• During the late 1990s, she appeared in the movies ‘Female Perversions’ (1996), ‘Conceiving Ada’ (1997), and ‘The War Zone’ (1999).
• In 2000, she was seen in the Canadian film ‘Possible Worlds’, which was adapted from a play of the same name. She was next seen alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the drama thriller film ‘The Beach’. The film was a commercial success, though reviews were mostly negative.
• She starred with Tom Cruise in the 2001 sci-fi psychological thriller ‘Vanilla Sky’. It was a commercial success and reviews were mostly mixed.
• In the ensuing years, she appeared in films like ‘Adaptation’ (2002), ‘Young Adam’ (2003), ‘Constantine’ (2005), ‘Stephanie Daley’ (2006), and ‘The Man from London’ (2007).
• She was seen in the legal thriller ‘Michael Clayton’ (2007), which was a commercial and critical success. Directed by Tony Gilroy, the film was nominated for seven Oscars, including the one for Best Picture. The sole win went to Swinton in the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ category. She also won the BAFTA Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’.
• In 2008, she was seen in the lead role in the crime drama film ‘Julia’. She next played a supporting role in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’, which was a commercial success and was met with mostly positive reviews.
• She appeared in the black comedy film ‘Burn After Reading’ in 2008. Her next work was a minor role in David Fincher’s fantasy romantic drama film ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ which was nominated for thirteen Oscars, including Best Picture.
• Her other important works include ‘I am Love’ (2009) where she also served as the executive producer. The film was a critical and commercial success.
• In 2011, she played the lead role in the psychological thriller film ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’. Her performance earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award and the Golden Globe Award in the ‘Best Actress Category’.
• In the 2010s, she continued appearing in successful films, such as ‘The Moonrise Kingdom’ (2012), ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2013), ‘Snowpiercer’ (2013), ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ (2014) and ‘Hail, Caesar’ (2016).
• In 2016, she appeared in the superhero film ‘Doctor Strange’, playing ‘The Ancient One’, the mentor of the titular character. The film was a success, financially and critically.
• Her most recent works are ‘Okja’ (2017), ‘War Machine’ (2017), and ‘The Isle of Dogs’ (2018).

Facts

1. Swinton is the descendant of the Saxon origin from the kingdom of Northumberland. Her parental ancestry which is Anglo-Scot can be traced back to thousands of years, to the middle ages.
2. Tilda Swinton joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984 and appeared in the play Measure for Measure.
3. Her first work in cinema was in the 1986 drama film Caravaggio directed by Derek Jarman.
4. She is widely known for her androgynous presence as people widely confuse her to a male because of her tall frame and lack of lipstick.
5. Her TV career also began in 1986, with a character in the mini-series Zastrozzi: A Romance which was based on the Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
6. In 1988, she was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
7. In 1993, she was a participant of the jury at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.
8. In 1996, she emerged in the music video for Orbital’s The Box.
9. Tilda had joined the Communist Party and later the Scottish Socialist Party when she was studying at the University of Cambridge.
10. In July 2008, she created the film festival Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams. The event took place in a ballroom in Nairn on Scotland’s Moray Firth in August.
11. In 2012, Swinton emerged in Doug Aitken’s SONG 1, an outdoor video installation created for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.
12. In 2013, she was named as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 by The Guardian and often appears on International Best Dressed Lists.
13. In February 2013, she characterized the part of David Bowie’s wife in the promotional video for his song, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), directed by Floria Sigismondi.
14. In July 2013, Swinton appeared photographed in front of Moscow’s St. Basil’s Cathedral holding a rainbow flag in support of the country’s LGBT community, reportedly releasing a statement: In solidarity. From Russia with love.
15. She was ranked one of the best dressed women in 2018 by fashion website Net-a-Porter.

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