History Creator / TildaSwinton

* ''TheManFromLondon'' (2007) as Camélia

* ''TheLimitsOfControl'' (2009) as [[CelebrityCameo Blonde]] (cameo role)

Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 1960) is a British actress of English and [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] descent. She studied social and political science at Cambridge, and joined the Communist Party. After graduating in 1983, she briefly worked in theater before acting in films. Her initial projects were very [[LeFilmArtistique experimental and artistic]], but the last ten years have seen her move to more mainstream films. She lives in Scotland with her ex-partner John Byrne ([[NamesTheSame not]] JohnByrne the comics artist), their two children, and her current partner Sandro Kopp.

* IdenticalStranger: Fellow androgyne DavidBowie. [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/conspiracy-are-tilda-swinton-and-david-bowie-the Seriously]].

** Swinton is a Bowie fan, and in the 2013 music video for his song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" she plays his wife, with their resemblance to each other played with for all it's worth.

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* ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia: TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' (2010) as [[IceQueen Jadis the White Witch]]

** Swinton is a Bowie fan, and in the 2013 music video for his song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" she plays his wife, with their resemblance played with for all it's worth.

** The video for Bowie's "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" (2013) takes this resemblance and ''runs'' with it by casting her as his wife.

* MadArtist: The Big Apple: Come for the food, stay for Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass box.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Has done many nasty characters.

* ''TheBeach'' (2000) as Sal

* ''[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]'' (1992) as [[{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]]
* ''OrlandoABiography'' (1992) as [[GenderBender Orlando]]

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* AmbiguousGender, GenderBender, ViewerGenderConfusion: Has many roles like this, such as archangel Gabriel.

* ''{{Orlando}}'' (1992) as [[GenderBender Orlando]]
* ''Blue'' (1993)
* ''Female Perversions'' (1996)

* ''The Protagonists'' (1998)

* ''Film/TheGarden'' (1990) as Madonna

* ''Teknolust'' (2002)

* ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' (2005) as angel Gabriel

* ''WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin'' (2011) as Eva

* DoingItForTheArt: She learned Russian and Italian for ''I Am Love.'' No, seriously, she ''learned two languages.''

* AmbiguousGender, GenderBender, ViewerGenderConfusion: Has many of roles like this, such as archangel Gabriel.

Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 1960) is a British actress of English and [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] descent. She studied social and political science at Cambridge, and joined the Communist Party. After graduating in 1983, she briefly worked in theater before acting in films. Her initial projects were very [[LeFilmArtistique experimental and artistic]], but the last ten years have seen her move to more mainstream films. She lives in Scotland with her ex-partner John Byrne ([[NamesTheSame not]] JohnByrne the comics artist), their two children, and her current partner Sandro Kopp.

* ''The Last of England'' (1988)

* ''[[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]'' (1992) as [[{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]]

* IdenticalStranger: She and [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] [[http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/305942cf-3835-4d3f-bb88-a11a5a0ff9f9.jpg look uncannily like each other.]]

* [[SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery Rule of Tilda Swinton]]: [[http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/64047251.html "Tilda Swinton is mentioned on the poster = Tilda is a goddess and can do no wrong."]] Same reason why she is obligated to appear in every ''Narnia'' movie despite her character only being present in two of the books!

* [[RuleOfSeanConnery Rule of Tilda Swinton]]: [[http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/64047251.html "Tilda Swinton is mentioned on the poster = Tilda is a goddess and can do no wrong."]] Same reason why she is obligated to appear in every ''Narnia'' movie despite her character only being present in two of the books!

Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 1960) is a British actress of English and [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] descent. She studied social and political science at Cambridge, and joined the Communist Party. After graduating in 1983, she briefly worked in theater before acting in films. Her initial projects were very [[LeFilmArtistique experimental and artistic]], but the last ten years have seen her move to more mainstream films. She lives in Scotland with her partner John Byrne ([[NamesTheSame not]] JohnByrne the comics artist), their two children, and her partner Sandro Kopp.