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 Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and Scottish. During her early childhood, her family moved to Spokane, Washington, and when she was six, to Bellingham, Washington.Hilary was discovered as a child by producer Suzy Sachs, who coached her in acting. When she was nine years old, she starred in her first play as "Mowgli" in "The Jungle Book". She began to appear regularly in local theater and school plays. She went to school in Bellingham, where she lived with her family, until she was 16. She competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington State championships in swimming; she ranked 5th in the state in all-around gymnastics (which would come in handy for starring in The Next Karate Kid (1994) years later). In 1990, Hilary and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled in South Pasadena High School, and started acting professionally. She appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) but The Next Karate Kid (1994), where she got the part competing against hundreds of other actresses, was her breakout role. Ever since then, she has been much in demand and has worked non-stop in movies. She won the Best Actress Oscar for playing "Brandon Teena" in Boys Don't Cry (1999). In addition to the Oscar, Hilary won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress in a Drama" and "Best Actress" prizes from The New York Film Critics, The Los Angeles Film Critics, The Chicago Film Critics and The Broadcast Film Critics Association. She also won the "Breakthrough Performance" prize from The National Board of Review.Hilary then appeared in supporting roles opposite Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves in Sam Raimi's The Gift (2000) and opposite Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia (2002). Hilary then starred as "Alice Paul" in HBO's Iron Jawed Angels (2004), which told the story of the women's suffragist movement and she was honored with both SAG and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in this film. In 2004, Hilary starred opposite Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman as the title character in Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004); the story of a young woman's quest to realize her dream of becoming a professional boxer. For this performance, she was honored with her second Academy Award for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" and has garnered "Best Actress" prizes from the National Society of Film Critics, the Screen Actors Guild, The Broadcast Film Critics, and a Golden Globe for "Best Lead Actress in a Drama".Hilary Swank is the third youngest woman in history to win two Academy Awards for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role".She subsequently had a supporting role opposite Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006), starred in Freedom Writers (2007), the true story of Long Beach schoolteacher, Erin Gruwell, The Reaping (2007) for Warner Brothers, and reunited with her Freedom Writers (2007) writer/director, Richard LaGravenese, starring in the film adaptation of Cecelia Ahern's novel, P.S. I Love You (2007).An aficionado for anything that involves the outdoors, she enjoys: sky diving, river rafting and skiing.
Bio:
Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and Scottish. During her early childhood, her family moved to Spokane, Washington, and when she was six, to Bellingham, Washington.Hilary was discovered as a child by producer Suzy Sachs, who coached her in acting. When she was nine years old, she starred in her first play as "Mowgli" in "The Jungle Book". She began to appear regularly in local theater and school plays. She went to school in Bellingham, where she lived with her family, until she was 16. She competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington State championships in swimming; she ranked 5th in the state in all-around gymnastics (which would come in handy for starring in The Next Karate Kid (1994) years later). In 1990, Hilary and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled in South Pasadena High School, and started acting professionally. She appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) but The Next Karate Kid (1994), where she got the part competing against hundreds of other actresses, was her breakout role. Ever since then, she has been much in demand and has worked non-stop in movies. She won the Best Actress Oscar for playing "Brandon Teena" in Boys Don't Cry (1999). In addition to the Oscar, Hilary won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress in a Drama" and "Best Actress" prizes from The New York Film Critics, The Los Angeles Film Critics, The Chicago Film Critics and The Broadcast Film Critics Association. She also won the "Breakthrough Performance" prize from The National Board of Review.Hilary then appeared in supporting roles opposite Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves in Sam Raimi's The Gift (2000) and opposite Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia (2002). Hilary then starred as "Alice Paul" in HBO's Iron Jawed Angels (2004), which told the story of the women's suffragist movement and she was honored with both SAG and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in this film. In 2004, Hilary starred opposite Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman as the title character in Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004); the story of a young woman's quest to realize her dream of becoming a professional boxer. For this performance, she was honored with her second Academy Award for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" and has garnered "Best Actress" prizes from the National Society of Film Critics, the Screen Actors Guild, The Broadcast Film Critics, and a Golden Globe for "Best Lead Actress in a Drama".Hilary Swank is the third youngest woman in history to win two Academy Awards for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role".She subsequently had a supporting role opposite Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006), starred in Freedom Writers (2007), the true story of Long Beach schoolteacher, Erin Gruwell, The Reaping (2007) for Warner Brothers, and reunited with her Freedom Writers (2007) writer/director, Richard LaGravenese, starring in the film adaptation of Cecelia Ahern's novel, P.S. I Love You (2007).An aficionado for anything that involves the outdoors, she enjoys: sky diving, river rafting and skiing.
Tivia:
Earned $75 a day for the drama movie Boys Don't Cry (1999).Mother Judy Swank moved with her to Los Angeles at age 16, where, impoverished for a while, they lived out of their car.Although she was naturally athletic from high school, she totally changed physically to play Maggie in Million Dollar Baby (2004). She gained nearly 20 pounds, becoming so buff that her former clothes are still too small for her.Best friends with actress Mariska Hargitay.On August 18, 2018, Swank wed her boyfriend of two years, Philip Schneider, at the Santa Lucia Preserve (in Carmel, California). They met on a blind date set up by actor Misha Collins's wife, Victoria Vantoch. Swank and Schneider were engaged a year and a half later.Swank won the lead role of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999) after hundreds of other actresses had been considered and rejected over the course of three years. She told director Kimberly Peirce that, like her character, she was also 21 and hailed from Lincoln, Nebraska. But she was fibbing (except about being from Lincoln, Nebraska, where she was, in fact, born); when Peirce later confronted her with the lies, Swank winningly responded: "But that's what Brandon would do." Later, she cut off all of her hair and lived as a boy for a month to prepare herself for the role.Replaced Sandra Bullock as Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby (2004) after Bullock dropped out due to other commitments.Is the third youngest actress to receive two Best Actress Academy Awards. Luise Rainer and Jodie Foster were the first and second, respectively.For a few weeks before Boys Don't Cry (1999) began filming, she went out in public dressed as a boy. Many were fooled by the disguise.Competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington state championships in swimming; ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.Both of her Oscar-winning roles required huge physical changes.She was signed on for two years but was fired from Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) after only doing 16 episodes in 1998. She was later thankful because she was able to go for her role in Boys Don't Cry (1999); winning her first Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role just two years later.Made her film debut in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 8, 2007.Took boxing lessons at Gleason's Gym in New York City, in anticipation of her lead role as the female boxer in Clint Eastwood's film Million Dollar Baby (2004) (original title "Rope Burns"), which was scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles, California in June 2004. (April 2004)Acting professionally since she was age 16, Swank was discovered as a child actor by producer Suzy Sachs.Swank filed a lawsuit against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, asking a federal judge to order the trustees to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts.Her performance as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999) is ranked #83 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).Is the first woman to receive an Academy Award in a role as a boxer.Is only one of seven actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar, her two wins for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). The others are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937); Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999); Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012); and Mahershala Ali for Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018).On both occasions when Swank won the Academy Award, Annette Bening was nominated in the same category.Ex-sister-in-law of Rob Lowe and makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff, Swank met Chad Lowe in 1997 on the set of Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997), and the two wed five months later. In June 2002, they moved into a 4-story brownstone home in Greenwich Village (New York City) purchased for $4 million. In January 2006, it was announced that Swank and Chad Lowe were separating after eight years of marriage.Considers herself a spiritual person, although she isn't member of an organized religion.Campaigned for the role of Christine Collins in Changeling (2008), but lost the role to Angelina Jolie.(January 15, 2005) Fined NZ$200 (AUD$190) for bringing undeclared fruit into New Zealand. She was found with an apple and orange at New Zealand's Auckland International Airport. She has since contested the fine.Was declared #6 on the show "Hollywood's Ten Best Beauty to Beast" transformations for the way she looked in Boys Don't Cry (1999). Three other actresses on the list were nominated for Oscars for their movies and two won: Charlize Theron (Monster (2003)), Halle Berry (Monster's Ball (2001)) and Salma Hayek (Frida (2002)).Was considered for the role of Satine in Moulin Rouge! (2001), but Nicole Kidman, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.Has two dogs: Karoo, a Corgi/Jack Russell mix, and Lucky, a German Shepherd/Labarador Retriever mix.Has a parrot and a cat named Tallinn.On October 5, 2022, she announced that she is expecting twins.Born to Stephen Swank, a Air National Guard officer, and his then wife Judy Swank (n��e Clough), a secretary and dancer, she has a brother, Dan. She grew up in Bellingham, Washington, where she went to Sehome High School.Co-starred with Aaron Eckhart twice: The Core (2003) and The Black Dahlia (2006).She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Boys Don't Cry (1999).Cast as Madeline Linscott in The Black Dahlia (2006) after Eva Green turned down the role.Was originally cast as Rachel in Something Borrowed (2011), but after dropping out of the project, Ginnifer Goodwin was cast instead.Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was born in California, to a family of Mexican ancestry (with Spanish and Native American roots). Her other ancestry is English and German, with smaller amounts of Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Swiss-German, Dutch, Scottish and Welsh. Her patrilineal line traces back to Balthasar Swank, who was born in Wuerttemberg, Germany, c. 1716. Her paternal grandmother was born in England.Attended Santa Monica College.Is one of 12 actresses who won the Best Actress Oscar for a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for Million Dollar Baby (2004)). The others are Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934), Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939), Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Louise Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment (1983), Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Frances McDormand for Nomadland (2020).Awarded an Emery Award from the Hetrick-Martin Institute for her role as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999), for which Swank won the first of her two Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best Actress. (November 2006)Received a cut on the forehead during filming a scene of her movie P.S. I Love You (2007). She had to be brought to a hospital and received several stitches. (November 2006)Announced that she and her husband Chad Lowe are separating after 8 years of marriage. (January 2006)Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000, 2004 and 2005.Announced her engagement to her boyfriend of eight (8) months, Rub��n Torres, on March 21, 2016. However, the engagement was broken off three months later, in June 2016.Hilary's 20th birthday party was a 1974 themed party and was held in Hollywood at The Crush Bar.Auditioned for the role of Lucy Hatcher on the television series The Practice (1997), which went to Marla Sokoloff.Studied acting with Larry Moss.Swank was listed as a potential nominee on the 2008 Razzie Award nominating ballot in the Worst Actress category for her performances in P.S. I Love You (2007) and The Reaping (2007). Fortunately for her, she was not nominated.Was the 117th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Boys Don't Cry (1999) at The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) on March 26, 2000. |
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Hilary Swank |
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5' 6' (1.68 m) |
| Biography: |
Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and |
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Earned $75 a day for the drama movie Boys Don't Cry (1999).Mother Judy Swank moved with her to Los Angeles at age 16, where, impoverished for a while, they lived out of their car.Although she was naturally athletic from high school, she totally changed physically to play Maggie in Million Dollar Baby (2004). She gained nearly 20 pounds, becoming so buff that her former clothes are still too small for her.Best friends with actress Mariska Hargitay.On August 18, 2018, Swank wed her boyfriend of two years, Philip Schneider, at the Santa Lucia Preserve (in Carmel, California). They met on a blind date set up by actor Misha Collins's wife, Victoria Vantoch. Swank and Schneider were engaged a year and a half later.Swank won the lead role of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999) after hundreds of other actresses had been considered and rejected over the course of three years. She told director Kimberly Peirce that, like her character, she was also 21 and hailed from Lincoln, Nebraska. But she was fibbing (except about being from Lincoln, Nebraska, where she was, in fact, born); when Peirce later confronted her with the lies, Swank winningly responded: "But that's what Brandon would do." Later, she cut off all of her hair and lived as a boy for a month to prepare herself for the role.Replaced Sandra Bullock as Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby (2004) after Bullock dropped out due to other commitments.Is the third youngest actress to receive two Best Actress Academy Awards. Luise Rainer and Jodie Foster were the first and second, respectively.For a few weeks before Boys Don't Cry (1999) began filming, she went out in public dressed as a boy. Many were fooled by the disguise.Competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington state championships in swimming; ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.Both of her Oscar-winning roles required huge physical changes.She was signed on for two years but was fired from Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) after only doing 16 episodes in 1998. She was later thankful because she was able to go for her role in Boys Don't Cry (1999); winning her first Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role just two years later.Made her film debut in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 8, 2007.Took boxing lessons at Gleason's Gym in New York City, in anticipation of her lead role as the female boxer in Clint Eastwood's film Million Dollar Baby (2004) (original title "Rope Burns"), which was scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles, California in June 2004. (April 2004)Acting professionally since she was age 16, Swank was discovered as a child actor by producer Suzy Sachs.Swank filed a lawsuit against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, asking a federal judge to order the trustees to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts.Her performance as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999) is ranked #83 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).Is the first woman to receive an Academy Award in a role as a boxer.Is only one of seven actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar, her two wins for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). The others are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937); Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999); Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012); and Mahershala Ali for Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018).On both occasions when Swank won the Academy Award, Annette Bening was nominated in the same category.Ex-sister-in-law of Rob Lowe and makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff, Swank met Chad Lowe in 1997 on the set of Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997), and the two wed five months later. In June 2002, they moved into a 4-story brownstone home in Greenwich Village (New York City) purchased for $4 million. In January 2006, it was announced that Swank and Chad Lowe were separating after eight years of marriage.Considers herself a spiritual person, although she isn't member of an organized religion.Campaigned for the role of Christine Collins in Changeling (2008), but lost the role to Angelina Jolie.(January 15, 2005) Fined NZ$200 (AUD$190) for bringing undeclared fruit into New Zealand. She was found with an apple and orange at New Zealand's Auckland International Airport. She has since contested the fine.Was declared #6 on the show "Hollywood's Ten Best Beauty to Beast" transformations for the way she looked in Boys Don't Cry (1999). Three other actresses on the list were nominated for Oscars for their movies and two won: Charlize Theron (Monster (2003)), Halle Berry (Monster's Ball (2001)) and Salma Hayek (Frida (2002)).Was considered for the role of Satine in Moulin Rouge! (2001), but Nicole Kidman, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.Has two dogs: Karoo, a Corgi/Jack Russell mix, and Lucky, a German Shepherd/Labarador Retriever mix.Has a parrot and a cat named Tallinn.On October 5, 2022, she announced that she is expecting twins.Born to Stephen Swank, a Air National Guard officer, and his then wife Judy Swank (n��e Clough), a secretary and dancer, she has a brother, Dan. She grew up in Bellingham, Washington, where she went to Sehome High School.Co-starred with Aaron Eckhart twice: The Core (2003) and The Black Dahlia (2006).She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Boys Don't Cry (1999).Cast as Madeline Linscott in The Black Dahlia (2006) after Eva Green turned down the role.Was originally cast as Rachel in Something Borrowed (2011), but after dropping out of the project, Ginnifer Goodwin was cast instead.Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was born in California, to a family of Mexican ancestry (with Spanish and Native American roots). Her other ancestry is English and German, with smaller amounts of Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Swiss-German, Dutch, Scottish and Welsh. Her patrilineal line traces back to Balthasar Swank, who was born in Wuerttemberg, Germany, c. 1716. Her paternal grandmother was born in England.Attended Santa Monica College.Is one of 12 actresses who won the Best Actress Oscar for a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for Million Dollar Baby (2004)). The others are Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934), Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939), Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Louise Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment (1983), Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Frances McDormand for Nomadland (2020).Awarded an Emery Award from the Hetrick-Martin Institute for her role as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999), for which Swank won the first of her two Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best Actress. (November 2006)Received a cut on the forehead during filming a scene of her movie P.S. I Love You (2007). She had to be brought to a hospital and received several stitches. (November 2006)Announced that she and her husband Chad Lowe are separating after 8 years of marriage. (January 2006)Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000, 2004 and 2005.Announced her engagement to her boyfriend of eight (8) months, Rub��n Torres, on March 21, 2016. However, the engagement was broken off three months later, in June 2016.Hilary's 20th birthday party was a 1974 themed party and was held in Hollywood at The Crush Bar.Auditioned for the role of Lucy Hatcher on the television series The Practice (1997), which went to Marla Sokoloff.Studied acting with Larry Moss.Swank was listed as a potential nominee on the 2008 Razzie Award nominating ballot in the Worst Actress category for her performances in P.S. I Love You (2007) and The Reaping (2007). Fortunately for her, she was not nominated.Was the 117th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Boys Don't Cry (1999) at The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) on March 26, 2000. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently portrays women who attempt to achieve their goals in life despite the odds and obstacles that get in their way.
Her characters often go through an immediate or slow transformation in either appearance or skills. |
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[2005 Academy Awards acceptance speech for Best Actress in a Leading Role] I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen, let alone be nominated. And a working actor, for that matter. And now, this. I thank the Academy. I'm eternally grateful for this great honor. I would also like to acknowledge my fellow nominees, Annette, Imelda, Kate, and Catalina, your work inspires me beyond words.<br />
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I am going to start by thanking my husband because I'd like to think I learned from past mistakes. Chad, you're my everything. Thank you for your support. It means the world. I would never be standing here if it weren't for the -- each and every one of the brilliant people I had surrounding me, supporting me and believing in me. Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, thank you for sending me this most marvelous script. You will never know how grateful I am. Paul Haggis, for writing this beautiful script. Our other producers extraordinaire: Albert S. Ruddy (Al Ruddy), Clint, Rob Lorenz (Robert Lorenz). Phyllis Huffman, our casting director. My trainers, Grant Roberts and Hector Roca, you pushed me further than I ever thought I could push myself up to that last pound, actually to that last ounce. I thank you. My sparring partners who were so patient. And everyone at Gleason's.<br />
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Well, the ever-amazing Morgan Freeman. Tom Stern, our cinematographer, you are brilliant. Joel Cox, our editor, you're amazing. You know? I'm going to thank my mom for believing in me from the beginning. My dad, for his support. My agents, Josh Lieberman, Tony Lipp, Kelly Tiffan, John Campisi. Jason Weinberg, my manager (You can't do that. I haven't gotten to Clint yet! I saved him for the end)<br />
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Karl Austen (Karl R. Austen), Jeff Bernstein, my lawyers. And then Clint. Clint Eastwood. Thank you for allowing me to go on this journey with you. Thank you for believing in me. You're my "macushla" Thank you. Warner brothers, as well. And you know what? Wait! Troy Nankin, my best friend and publicist. Thank you!
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[Newsweek magazine] My most annoying question is "Hilary, are you ever going to play a pretty girl?".
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[on playing Annie Sullivan] I think when you're playing a real character you have an extra responsibility to do it really right, so because of that, I do extensive research. I really try and figure out the person inside and out. I read the lines, but I read in-between the lines and try and find the qualities in that person that makes them human and I hopefully try and bring that out in what I do.
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[Woman's World, July 19, 2005] I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am.
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[on working as an actor] I've realized that as an actor you have to just keep working really hard and studying your craft. I think I thought maybe things would be easier after the first Academy Award, that I would get better job opportunities, but then you really realize that there's not a whole lot of great quality out there, for women especially. It's not just something that women say; it's the truth. Because of that I had to be specific about not just doing something that I didn't want to do, but I also needed to pay my bills. I didn't do job after job after job. I would do a job and then still keep working on acting, whether it would be reading a play - something that's inspiring - with a bunch of actors, hearing it, studying, reading books about acting, and watching actors. I think it's an ever-evolving craft. And I think it's something that you always need to work at. |
| Salaries: |
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) - $3,000,000
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Boys Don't Cry (2000) - $3,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Starred in a short film The Audition (2000), directed by her husband, Chad Lowe.
TV commercial for Independent Film Channel (2000)
Print ad for Calvin Klein underwear (2004)
Print ad, Est��e Lauder, 2004.
(2006) Print ad and TV commercial for "In |
| Spouse: |
Philip Schneider (August 18, 2018 - present) (2 children)Chad Lowe (September 28, 1997 - November 1, 2007) (divorced) |
| Parents: |
Judy Swank
Stephen Michael Swank |
| Relatives: |
Dan Swank (Sibling) |
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