Real Name: Hilary Ann Swank
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 5
Hair: Medium Brown
Eyes: Brown
Born: July 30, 1974 in Bellingham, Washington.
Discovered: Hilary shot to fame - and won Oscars - with her performances in Boys Don't Cry and in Million Dollar Baby.
Her film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid in 1994, where she played the title character, the first female protégée of the legendary sensei played by Pat Morita.
Hilary also had a regular role on Beverly Hills 90210 during the show's eighth season, but was fired in the middle of the season, three weeks before landing the role in Boys Don't Cry.
Income: The Affair of the Necklace (2001) $3,000,000
Boys Don't Cry (1999) $3,000
Resume: The Reaping (2006) (filming)
Freedom Writers (2006)
The Black Dahlia (2006) (post-production)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Red Dust (2004)
Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV)
11:14 (2003) (also executive producer)
The Core (2003)
The Space Between (2002) (short subject)
Insomnia (2002)
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
The Gift (2000)
Продолжение ниже рекламного блока: The Audition (2000) (short subject)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Heartwood (1998)
Beverly Hills 90210 (1990) (TV series) (1997-1998)
Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997)
The Sleepwalker Killing (1997) (TV)
Leaving L.A. (1997) (TV series)
Dying to Belong (1997) (TV)
Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996)
Terror in the Family (1996) (TV)
Kounterfeit (1996)
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (1994) (TV)
Camp Wilder (1992) (TV series)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Evening Shade (1990) (TV series) (1991-1992)
ABC TGIF (1990) (TV series)
Romance: Hilary has been married to fellow actor Chad Lowe since September 28, 1997. They met on the set of Quiet Days in Hollywood. On January 9, 2006 they announced their separation.
Quotes: "I think that any time you start concerning yourself with what people think you're going to fail, because you're never going to please everybody. If you try to make everybody happy you might as well quit. I think that what I have to do -- and what I remind myself of constantly -- is love what I'm doing because I care so much about it and I put so much into it that I need to be able to respond to it." - Hilary Swank in an interview for HILARY Magazine
"My most annoying question is 'Hilary, are you ever going to play a pretty girl?'" - Hilary Swank quoted in Newsweek
"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." - Hilary Swank on playing Annie Sullivan
"I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am." - Hilary Swank quoted in Woman's World
