Tilda swinton

Tilda Swinton was born in London on November 5, 1960. She is the daughter of an army general belonging to an important family in the United Kingdom. In fact, her family tree goes back as far as the 9th century. As the daughter of a good family, Swinton studied in the best schools, as evidenced by the fact that she was a fellow student of Diana, future Princess of Wales. After finishing school, she went to Cambridge to study Political Science, a career that she ended up leaving for English Literature, in which she eventually graduated. But by then, the young student was already very interested in the world of acting, especially in the theater. Her interest led to the achievement of a wish, to be part of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Engaged in acting, she began her cinematographic adventures with a supporting role in Caravaggio (1986). Her first years in the celluloid world are marked by director Derek Jarman , with whom she worked on eight films. The actress became her muse in titles like Eduardo II (1991). However, it wasn’t until 1992 that she landed a role that gave her some recognition. It was in Orlando , where she played a protégé of Elizabeth II of England who changes her sex. Her work in this film was praised given the complexity of playing a man who later becomes a woman.

Thanks to his physique, indelibly marked by his 1.80 meter height, Swinton has taken the opportunity to play deliberately ambiguous roles, where sexuality is left in suspense. And it is that the actress herself assures that in her day-to-day life more than once she has been confused with a man. In connection with this physique, Swinton has felt attracted to dark and complex characters far from the model of the ideal woman, as happened in Tim Roth ‘s The Dark Zone (1999) , where she was the mother in a family full of problems and excesses of everything. Type. Very revealing was her character in Danny Boyle ‘s The Beach (2000) , where she was Sal, the leader of the “paradisiacal” commune where Leonardo Dicaprio was going to end up.. He was a very attractive and disturbing character, where he showed that he could sow doubt in the viewer. In this same line of captivating characters, marked by a single ideal, is the mother of courage that he played in In the Deepest (2001).

As a secondary she has appeared in commercial titles like Vanilla Sky (2001) and also in big titles like Adaptation. The orchid thief (2002) and Broken flowers (2005). For these supporting roles, she has also known how to take advantage of his ambiguity, for example, in Constantine (2005) she was the ethereal angel Gabriel, the representative of God on Earth and the scourge of Keanu Reeves ‘ character . The great moment of her facing the general public was in the fantastic The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, where the wicked White Witch went. Swinton composed one of the real bad ones, the kind that give packaging to a tape, the kind that freezes the eyes. Happy with her character, the actress will repeat in the second installment of the Chronicles of Narnia saga: Prince Caspian .

Since disturbing the viewer is a wonder, Tony Gilroy called her to compose a heartless executive in Michael Clayton , a film starring George Clooney , for which she received the Oscar for best supporting actress. The witch of Narnia and the Clayton executive have given wings to her career, which is pointing in a very good direction. Among his immediate plans is not only The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian , but also the premiere of Burn After Reading , the Coen’s new project, where he has worked alongside Clooney, Brad Pitt , John Malkovich and Frances McDormand, and David Fincher ‘s new film , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button . As for future filming, he will star in Marilyn Manson ‘s feature film directorial debut Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll , an outlandish story about the creator of “Alice in Wonderland” and revisiting “Macbeth” in Come Like Shadows . Currently, the actress is shooting The Limits of Control in Spain , a film for which she has returned to the orders of Jim Jarmusch , who directed her in Broken Flowers. In the midst of this job boom, Tilda must find a place to take care of her ten-year-old twins, Xavier and Honor. The actress was the mother of the children with John Byrne, but the relationship broke up. Her new partner is the New Zealand painter Sandro Kopp.