Below is a compiled list of the most interesting facts about Tilda Swinton. Check it out!
The iconoclastic gifts of the visually striking and fiercely talented actress Tilda Swinton have been appreciated by a more international audience of late.
Interesting Facts about Tilda Swinton
- Was the 131st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Michael Clayton (2007) at The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) on February 24, 2008.
- Moscow, Russia: Risked arrest waving a rainbow flag in front of the Kremlin in violation of Russia’s new homosexual propaganda bill, and posting it widely in social media. [July 2013]
- Contributed vocals on four tracks of the album ‘The Bachelor’ by glam-goth-folk singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf.
- Daughter of Major-General Sir John Swinton of Clan Swinton, whose ancestral home has been within the family since the 9th century.
- While at Cambridge University, she appeared in student productions of plays such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Duchess of Malfi” and “The Comedy of Errors”.
- Was offered to play Prof. Sybil Trelawney on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), but role went to Emma Thompson.
- Member of the ‘Official Competition’ jury at the 55th Venice International Film Festival in 1998.
- Is good friends with Amy Schumer.
- Has appeared in three films with George Clooney: Michael Clayton (2007), Burn After Reading (2008) and Hail, Caesar! (2016).
- Appeared on the cover of the Autumm/Winter 2015 issue of AnOther Magazine, but not as herself, instead she appeared as her character in A Bigger Splash (2015), Marianne Lane. In a work of fiction co-authored by Swinton, Glenn O’Brien, Luca Guadagnino and David Kajganich, Marianne Lane gave an interview for the magazine based around events in the film.
- Initially, she didn’t want to do A Bigger Splash (2015). Not this movie nor others, due to the recent death of her mother, she ended up changing her mind and at a moment in her own life when she was all out of words, she proposed the idea of this woman unable to speak.
- In her acceptance speech, she said she would give the Oscar she won for Michael Clayton (2007) to her agent Brian Swardstrom.
Personal Quotes by Tilda Swinton
For a lot of actors, there’s a sort of code of honor around playing something other than yourself, which I just don’t have. I love feeling like I’m – I won’t even say acting out, but performing in some deep seam of my consciousness or my family’s consciousness or my past. That’s really amusing to me.
Tilda Swinton
There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt – to me, anyway – is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity.
Tilda Swinton
I always think of the word ‘abandonment’ when I think of the character.
Tilda Swinton
I wasn’t around when Nic was playing Donald. I was around with Charlie.
Tilda Swinton
