Nefertiti Posted September 5, 2010 Posted September 5, 2010 Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Michael Clayton. Swinton was born in London, England. Her mother, Judith Balfour, Lady Swinton (née Killen), was Australian, and her father, Major-General Sir John Swinton KCVO of Kimmerghame Berwickshire, is Scottish. The Swinton family is an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the 9th century.[5] Swinton attended two private schools, the West Heath Girls' School (the same class as Diana, Princess of Wales), and also Fettes College for a brief period. In 1983, she graduated from New Hall (now known as Murray Edwards College) at Cambridge with a degree in Social and Political Sciences. While at Cambridge she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. She has two Honorary Doctorates: one from Napier University in Edinburgh, received in August 2006 and one from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow, received July 2006. She was a contributing editor to the literary magazine Zembla. Swinton worked with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, starring in Mann ist Mann by Manfred Karge, and the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a career in film in the mid-1980s. She appeared as Julia in the 1986 television mini-series Zastrozzi: A Romance based on the Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her early film work included several film roles for director Derek Jarman, notably War Requiem (1989) playing a nurse opposite Sir Laurence Olivier as an old soldier. In 1991, Swinton won the Volpi Cup Best Actress award for her role in the postmodern film Edward II. Swinton also played the title role in Orlando, Sally Potter's film version of the novel by Virginia Woolf. In 1993 she visited Tbilisi, Georgia In 1995, with producer and friend Joanna Scanlan, Swinton 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. The piece is sometimes credited to Cornelia Parker, whom Swinton invited to collaborate for the installation in London. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at the Museo Barracco in Rome. She also appeared in the music video for Orbital's "The Box". She has collaborated with the fashion designers Viktor & Rolf. She was the focus of their 'One Woman Show' 2003, in which they made all the models look like copies of Swinton, and she read a poem (of her own) that included the line, "There is only one you. Only one". Recent years have seen Swinton move towards more mainstream projects, including the leading role in the American film The Deep End (2001), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She appeared as a supporting character in films such as The Beach (2000), featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Vanilla Sky (2001) with Tom Cruise and, as the archangel Gabriel in Constantine (2005) with Keanu Reeves. Swinton has also appeared in the British films The Statement (2003) and Young Adam (2003), and sat on the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Swinton at the 2008 British Academy Film Awards. In 2005, Swinton performed as the White Witch Jadis, in the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and as Audrey Cobb in the Mike Mills film adaptation of the novel Thumbsucker. Swinton later had a cameo in Narnia's sequel. In 2007, Swinton's performance as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton earned her both a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2008 80th Academy Awards, the film's sole win. Swinton's appearance at the Oscars was remarkable in that she chose to wear very little makeup, though she did wear a silk Lanvin gown.[12] Of Swinton's au naturel appearance, friend and sometimes stylist Jerry Stafford remarked, "This is skin born of the Scottish highlands, so why hide it? Why the hell put foundation on it and all this garish lipstick?" Swinton next appeared in the 2008 Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading. Swinton said of the film, in which she plays opposite George Clooney, "I don’t know if it will make anybody else laugh, but it really made us laugh while making it." She was cast for the role of Elizabeth Abbott in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, alongside Burn After Reading co-star Brad Pitt. Her performance in Erick Zonca's Julia, which premiered at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and later saw a limited U.S. release in May 2009, was one of the most critically acclaimed performances of her career,[citation needed] with some critics claiming it should have won her an Academy Award. She is due to star in the upcoming film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin. Swinton lives in Nairn, in the Highland area of Scotland, with Scottish painter John Byrne and their twin children: a son, Xavier, and a daughter, Honor. She travels with her partner Sandro Kopp, a German/New Zealand painter. She has been with Kopp since 2004 and the relationship has Byrne's blessing. In an interview, Swinton commented on her domestic situation: "It’s the way we have been for nearly four years. I’m very fortunate. It takes some extraordinary men to make a situation like that work." Quote
Nefertiti Posted September 5, 2010 Author Posted September 5, 2010 this talented lady deserves huge thread Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted September 5, 2010 Posted September 5, 2010 I Tilda, BIG TIME. her androgynous beauty is just spellbinding, and she can act her ass off. i also love HER love of fashion.i remember back in the day before Viktor & Rolf hit it big, she supported them and regularly wore them to red carpet events.AWESOME thread, Nef.. though now that i think about it, im amazed that she didnt have one before this Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted September 5, 2010 Posted September 5, 2010 i did a quick pic search and heres some of the ones i love the most Quote
Nefertiti Posted September 11, 2010 Author Posted September 11, 2010 thanks penny ......................................... Dazed & Confused UK - May 2010 /monthly_09_2010/post-19430-0-1446091360-2816_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="3886239" alt="post-19430-0-1446091360-2816_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="130.38"> /monthly_09_2010/post-19430-0-1446091360-3307_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="3886241" alt="post-19430-0-1446091360-3307_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="130.38"> Quote
muffins Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 W August 2011 Photographer: Tim Walker Source: wmagazine via tFS Quote
SicK As mY SecReTs Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Tilda Swinton arrives at LAX Airport – 5 September 2011 /monthly_09_2011/post-42076-0-1446091368-54124_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="3886328" alt="post-42076-0-1446091368-54124_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="128.62"> Quote
spiral Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Tilda at the Golden Globes red carpet yesterday. Outifit designed by Haider Ackermann. Quote
Ricci Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 I love Tilda so much, one of the best females in show biz actually, looking forward to her new movie! Also love her showing up with one of her gorgeous authentic watches and the way she makes them even more elitist than they are anyway. Quote
Mahi Posted May 17, 2012 Posted May 17, 2012 Tilda Swinton - Opening Ceremony & 'Moonrise Kingdom' Premiere, Cannes, France, 16th of May 2012 Quote
Mahi Posted May 17, 2012 Posted May 17, 2012 Tilda Swinton - 'Moonrise Kingdom'photocall, Cannes, France, 16th of May 2012 Quote
Mahi Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Tilda Swinton catches a flight out of Nice airport after attending the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. The actress, seen carrying a Fendi handbag, was reportedly headed back to London May 17, 2012 LQS zimbio.com Quote
Mahi Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Cannes best&worst dressed Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton rarely strays from her favorite label Haider Ackermann, and with good reason: The brand perfectly captures her stark, architectural approach to beauty. Swinton stayed typically cosmetic-free, opting only for a dash of bright lip color. stylebistro.com Quote
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Single_Lady Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Chanel Metiers d'Art Paris-Edimbourg collection by Karl Lagerfeld Edited May 31, 2013 by Single_Lady Quote
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