Hilary Swank Biography (3)
Hilary Swank is best known for her role as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry, the critically-acclaimed film for which Swank won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Actress along with 19 more awards, including a Golden Globe and Best Actress prizes from the New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics and Broadcast Film Critics.
Swank recently starred in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia opposite Al Pacino and Robin Williams, and as a Comtesse Jeanne de la Motte-Valois in The Affair of the Necklace. Her other film credits include The Next Karate Kid and Sam Raimi's The Gift with Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves.
This spring, Swank will make her Broadway debut as Annie Sullivan in a revival of The Miracle Worker.
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