Hilary Swank poses with puppies (L-R) Mustang and Machi at the Iams Home 4 The Holidays event to raise awareness for pet adoption at the Bideawee Animal Center on October 19, 2009, in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2010
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Hilary Swank attends the Pamella Roland Spring 2011 presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Whitney Museum of American Art on September 14, 2010, in New York City. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2011
395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Hilary Swank (L) and Gerard Butler attend the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards Voter Party at Santa Monica Place on February 26, 2011, in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by David Livingston)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2013
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Hilary Swank and model Karlie Kloss pose backstage at the Michael Kors Fall 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on February 13, 2013, in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2014
158 Main St, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA
Hilary Swank attends the"Homesman" premiere at Guild Hall on October 12, 2014, in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Sonia Moskowitz)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2014
300 Doheny Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Hilary Swank at "The Homesman" Press Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel on November 6, 2014, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vera Anderson)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2014
Cannes, France
Hilary Swank attends "The Homesman" premiere during the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2014, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2015
42 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017, usa
Hilary Swank attends 'The 35 Most Powerful People In Media' celebrated by The Hollywood Reporter at Four Seasons Restaurant on April 8, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2015
3 Chome-15-15 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Hilary Swank attends the stage greeting for 'You're Not You' Stage Greeting during the Tokyo International Film Festival 2015 at Shinjuku Picadilly on October 23, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2016
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Hilary Swank attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2018
692 Main St, Park City, UT 84060, USA
Hilary Swank from 'What They Had' attends The Hollywood Reporter 2018 Sundance Studio at Sky Strada, Park City on January 20, 2018, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by John Parra)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2018
1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City, UT 84060, USA
Hilary Swank attends the 'What They Had' Premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 21, 2018, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2018
New York City, NY, USA
Hilary Swank attends the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows on February 12, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2018
10840 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Hilary Swank and husband Philip Schneider arrive at the Los Angeles Special Screening Of "What They Had" at iPic Westwood on October 9, 2018, in Westwood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
2019
8221 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA
Hilary Swank attends the Cadillac celebrates The 91st Annual Academy Awards at Chateau Marmont on February 21, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
450 W 15th St # 800, New York, NY 10011, USA
Hilary Swank during Calvin Klein Underwear Party hosted by Hilary Swank and Freddie Ljungberg at Milk Studios in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Hilary Swank during "Million Dollar Baby" New York City Premiere - Arrivals at Museum Of Modern Art in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
961 Broxton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Hilary Swank during "The Reaping" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California, United States. (Photo by Barry King)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
Watermill, New York, United States
Hilary Swank during "An Hour To Kill" Launch Party Hosted by Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe at Private Residence in Watermill, New York, United States. (Photo by Shane Gritzinger)
Gallery of Hilary Swank
Chad Lowe & Hilary Swank with Director Charles Shyer (Photo by RJ Capak)
Achievements
N Highland Ave &, Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Swank was honored with a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame.
Membership
Awards
Independent Spirit Award
2000
Santa Monica, California, United States
Hilary Swank during 2000 Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz)
Academy award
2005
6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA
Hilary Swank poses with her award for Best Actress for "Million Dollar Baby" backstage during the 77th Annual Academy Awards on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta)
Golden Globe Award
2005
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Hilary Swank poses with her awards for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama" during the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel January 16, 2005, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Screen Actors Guild Award
2005
665 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
Hilary Swank poses in the press room with her Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for "Million Dollar Baby" at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Exposition Center on February 5, 2005, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci)
Critics Choice Award
2007
3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
Hilary Swank accepts the award for Best Actress onstage at the 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Wiltern Theater on January 10, 2004, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Golden Camera award
2008
Ullsteinstraße 114-142, 12109 Berlin, Germsny
Till Schweiger gives the Goldene Kamera to Hilary Swank during the Goldene Kamera Award 2008 at the Ullsteinhalle on February 06, 2008, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup)
Hollywood Film Festival Award
2009
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Hilary Swank poses with the Actress of the Year Award in the press room during the 13th annual Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 26, 2009, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer)
Gotham Award
2010
55 Wall St a, New York, NY 10005, USA
Hilary Swank attends IFP's 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on November 29, 2010, in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris)
Bambi Award
2015
Kantstraße 12, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Hilary Swank is seen with her award at the Bambi Awards 2015 winners board at Stage Theater on November 12, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Clemens Bilan)
Hilary Swank poses with her award for Best Actress for "Million Dollar Baby" backstage during the 77th Annual Academy Awards on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta)
Hilary Swank poses with her awards for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama" during the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel January 16, 2005, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Hilary Swank poses in the press room with her Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for "Million Dollar Baby" at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Exposition Center on February 5, 2005, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci)
Hilary Swank accepts the award for Best Actress onstage at the 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Wiltern Theater on January 10, 2004, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Till Schweiger gives the Goldene Kamera to Hilary Swank during the Goldene Kamera Award 2008 at the Ullsteinhalle on February 06, 2008, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup)
Hilary Swank poses with the Actress of the Year Award in the press room during the 13th annual Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 26, 2009, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer)
Hilary Swank poses with puppies (L-R) Mustang and Machi at the Iams Home 4 The Holidays event to raise awareness for pet adoption at the Bideawee Animal Center on October 19, 2009, in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder)
Hilary Swank attends IFP's 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on November 29, 2010, in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris)
Hilary Swank attends the Pamella Roland Spring 2011 presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Whitney Museum of American Art on September 14, 2010, in New York City. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro)
395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Hilary Swank (L) and Gerard Butler attend the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards Voter Party at Santa Monica Place on February 26, 2011, in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by David Livingston)
Hilary Swank and model Karlie Kloss pose backstage at the Michael Kors Fall 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on February 13, 2013, in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca)
Hilary Swank attends "The Homesman" premiere during the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2014, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole)
Hilary Swank is seen with her award at the Bambi Awards 2015 winners board at Stage Theater on November 12, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Clemens Bilan)
Hilary Swank attends 'The 35 Most Powerful People In Media' celebrated by The Hollywood Reporter at Four Seasons Restaurant on April 8, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard)
3 Chome-15-15 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Hilary Swank attends the stage greeting for 'You're Not You' Stage Greeting during the Tokyo International Film Festival 2015 at Shinjuku Picadilly on October 23, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato)
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Hilary Swank attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain)
Hilary Swank from 'What They Had' attends The Hollywood Reporter 2018 Sundance Studio at Sky Strada, Park City on January 20, 2018, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by John Parra)
Hilary Swank attends the 'What They Had' Premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 21, 2018, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt)
Hilary Swank attends the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows on February 12, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper
Hilary Swank and husband Philip Schneider arrive at the Los Angeles Special Screening Of "What They Had" at iPic Westwood on October 9, 2018, in Westwood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
Hilary Swank attends the Cadillac celebrates The 91st Annual Academy Awards at Chateau Marmont on February 21, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Hilary Swank during Calvin Klein Underwear Party hosted by Hilary Swank and Freddie Ljungberg at Milk Studios in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Hilary Swank during "Million Dollar Baby" New York City Premiere - Arrivals at Museum Of Modern Art in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Hilary Swank during "The Reaping" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California, United States. (Photo by Barry King)
Hilary Swank during "An Hour To Kill" Launch Party Hosted by Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe at Private Residence in Watermill, New York, United States. (Photo by Shane Gritzinger)
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Hilary Swank is an Academy Award-winning American actress and film producer, best known for her roles in Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don’t Cry.
Background
Ethnicity:
Hilary Swank is one quarter Mexican (Spanish and Indigenous), as well as English and German, and smaller amounts of Swiss-German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and Dutch.
Hilary Swank was born on July 29, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the United States. Hilary’s father was employed by the airborne National Guard. By the time she was six, her father, Stephen Swank, had moved the family to Bellingham, Washington. Hilary’s older brother and only sibling, Dan, left home in his teens. Hilary and her parents lived in a trailer park on the outskirts of Bellingham. Shunned by the snobbish families of many of her classmates, young Hilary sought solace in books and movies, identifying with the struggles of the characters she found there. She credits a close relationship with her mother, Judy, to developing her self-confidence despite the hardships of her early years.
While her father, a former National Guard and traveling salesman, was not around much when Hilary was growing up, mum Judy was an ardent supporter. Convinced of her daughter's acting abilities, she suggested they relocate to Hollywood. And, in 1990, with separation proceedings initiated, mother and daughter set off for Tinseltown with little more than a car and $75 between them. They lived in their car for the first few weeks until Judy found a job and temporary housing. Judy’s persistence in seeking opportunities for her daughter brought a meeting with Hollywood’s premier agent for child actors, Bonnie Liedtke, who represented Hilary Swank until she turned 21. To this day Hilary continues to describe her mother as her biggest hero.
Education
Attending Sehome High School in Bellingham, young Hilary Swank would excel at sports, particularly in the gym and pool. She competed in the Junior Olympics and the Washington State championships in swimming, ranking 5th in the state in all-around gymnastics.
When she was 16, Swank moved to Los Angeles with her mother. She enrolled in South Pasadena High School, then Santa Monica City College to eventually drop out of high school altogether, completing her education by mail and with a succession of tutors.
As a child, Hilary Swank found relief from her loneliness when she discovered acting. Hilary was discovered as a child by producer Suzy Sachs, who coached her in acting. One of her first performances on stage was in her fifth-grade class production of The Jungle Book. Auspiciously, she was chosen to play the feral man-cub Mowgli. She was disturbed at first to find herself cast in a boy’s role, but she was thrilled to lose herself in a character and loved the intensity and camaraderie of the rehearsal process. With her mother’s support, she began to pursue acting outside of school, winning the Best Junior Actress Award at the Bellingham Theatre Guild.
Within her first year in Los Angeles, Swank made an appearance on the television series Harry and the Hendersons and soon won recurring roles on the popular situation comedies Evening Shade and Growing Pains. Television proved to be a solid training ground for the actress, and in 1992, Hilary landed a supporting role in the feature film Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Buffy’s best friend. The film was considered a flop when it came out but obviously, it, later on, found its audience as the TV series shot for stardom a couple of years later. She later found a regular role in an ABC series Camp Wilder, which unfortunately ended up being a one season failure.
In 1994, Hilary Swank secured her largest film role to date, as the heroine of The Next Karate Kid. Although this sequel did not achieve the box office success of its predecessor, it demonstrated that the young actress could carry a feature film. Although she longed to expand her range, casting directors familiar with her work in television repeatedly told her she was “too half-hour” for dramatic roles. She was cast in numerous pilots for television series that were never picked up for production and broadcast. In 1997, she married fellow actor Chad Lowe. The same year brought a promising career breakthrough when Hilary was cast as a young single mother in the nighttime serial Beverly Hills 90210. A two-year contract with a primetime dramatic series offered financial security rare in the life of a working actor, but the series, once extremely popular, was now in its eighth season and struggling to win back its dwindling audience. Swank’s contract was canceled after only 14 episodes. At first, this appeared to be a devastating setback, but it opened the door to the film that would make Hilary Swank a major motion picture star.
When she read the script for Boys Don’t Cry, Hilary Swank knew this was a part she had to play. The film told the tragic real-life story of Tina Brandon. Born, like Hilary Swank, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Brandon felt more comfortable dressing and identifying as a male and chose to live as a man under the name Brandon Teena. Passing as a male in rural Nebraska, Brandon entered a romantic relationship with a local woman. Gruesome tragedy followed when a number of young men in the community discovered Brandon’s secret. This powerful story captured Swank’s imagination and she resolved to win the role, flying to New York at her own expense to meet with the film’s director, Kimberly Peirce. On being informed that the role of Tina Brandon/Brandon Teena was hers, Swank undertook a remarkable physical transformation to be convincing as the film’s cross-dressing protagonist. She shed the long hair that had been a notable feature of her onscreen image, and reduced body fat from her already slender figure to achieve a leaner, more boyish appearance. For weeks, she walked the streets of New York City dressed as a boy, eliminating every trace of feminine mannerisms and experiencing the hostile confusion of strangers whenever her facade slipped.
When Boys Don’t Cry was released in 1999, Swank’s performance stunned critics and audiences. She won every award in sight, from the National Board of Review’s “Breakthrough Performance” prize to the Best Actress awards of the New York, Los Angeles and Chicago Critics’ associations, to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe. The awards season culminated with the Oscar ceremony, where Hilary Swank took home the statuette for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Those in the television audience who only knew her from her performance in the film were surprised by the grace and elegance of the real Hilary Swank when she appeared onstage to accept her award. Boys Don’t Cry was a milestone in the portrayal of transgendered persons in cinema. Hilary Swank continued her advocacy for tolerance of human diversity as National Spokesperson for the New York-based Hetrick-Martin Institute, which supports a charter school for gay, lesbian and transgender youth. Her achievement also encouraged other leading actresses to take on characters outside the conventions of Hollywood formula.
Although Hilary Swank was eager to prove herself in a wide variety of roles, many producers and directors found the impression of her as the male-appearing Brandon Teena impossible to forget when they were asked to consider her for more traditional parts. Nevertheless, she appeared alongside many of the best actors in motion pictures, with Cate Blanchett in Sam Raimi’s The Gift, and with Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia. The Affair of the Necklace was a startling departure and gave her the first opportunity to appear in an elegant costume drama. In 2004, she received acclaim for her portrayal of suffragette Alice Paul in the HBO movie Iron Jawed Angels. At the same time, she received a new script from the producers of The Gift. The screenplay, Million Dollar Baby, came with Clint Eastwood attached as director and co-star. Once again, Swank knew she had found a part she had to play. After a brief meeting, Eastwood approved Swank for the powerful role of Maggie Fitzgerald, a struggling female boxer.
This role required a physical metamorphosis even more remarkable than Boys Don’t Cry. To appear convincing facing off against actual female boxers onscreen, Swank undertook brutally rigorous physical training. Starting at a mere 108 pounds, Swank gained 19 additional pounds of muscle in two months. To do this, she consumed 210 grams of protein a day, waking repeatedly during the night to drink protein shakes. Her training routine included two-and-a-half hours of boxing lessons, plus two hours of weight training, six days a week. While learning the boxer’s technique of punch and pivot, she developed a massive blister on her right foot. It soon turned into a painful and ultimately life-threatening Staph infection. Her doctors ordered her to quit boxing until the infection was under control. The determined actress continued weight training to strengthen her upper body until she could walk again. All the while, she concealed her condition from most of her associates, including Eastwood, and made a complete recovery in time to begin shooting on schedule.
The resulting film was acclaimed by critics and a huge hit with audiences. At the 2005 Oscar ceremony, Million Dollar Baby was showered with awards, including a Best Supporting Actor award for Morgan Freeman, a Best Director Oscar for Eastwood and another for Best Picture of the Year. Hilary Swank received her second Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. With this award, she joined the handful of leading ladies to be so honored, an elite company that includes Katharine Hepburn and Olivia de Havilland.
In 2007, Swank starred in Freedom Writers, about a real-life teacher, Erin Gruwell. Many reviews of her performance were positive, with one critic noting that she "brings credibility" to the role, and another stating that her performance reaches a "singular lack of artifice, stripping herself back to the bare essentials". Swank next starred in the horror film The Reaping (2007), as a debunker of religious phenomena. Swank convinced the producers to move the film's setting from New England to the Deep South, and the film was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina struck. The same year, she also appeared in the romantic drama P.S. I Love You with Gerard Butler.
Hilary Swank enjoyed another career high point when she played the aviation pioneer and feminist icon Amelia Earhart in the 2009 biopic Amelia, directed by Mira Nair. The following year, she starred in the drama Conviction, the real-life story of Betty Ann Waters, a high school dropout who put herself through law school in the course of an 18-year campaign to win the exoneration of a brother she believed had been wrongly convicted of murder. The film renewed public discussion of the role of DNA evidence in the criminal justice system. In 2014, Swank played the lead role of Kate Parker, a woman whose life is shattered when she develops the degenerative disease ALS, in You're Not You. The film co-starred Emmy Rossum and Josh Duhamel.
In 2017, she appeared in Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy Logan Lucky, as Special Agent Sarah Grayson, alongside Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig, and portrayed lawyer Colette Hughes in Bille August's drama film 55 Steps. In 2018, Swank starred in and executive produced the Alzheimer's disease drama film What They Had, directed by Elizabeth Chomko. Also in 2018, she portrayed Gail Getty in the first season of FX's anthology series Trust. Swank will star as Laura Murphy in Alejandro González Iñárritu's drama series The One Percent.
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2018
Religion
Swank considers herself a spiritual person but has never been an adherent of any particular organized religion. While talking about a movie in which she played a former theologian who lost her faith, she said: "Well, I believe in a higher power. I was not baptized, or into organized religion, and all of that, but it’s definitely interesting."
Swank mentioned that she respects both the scientific and religious communities’ explanations for the world’s mysteries, but she stopped short of saying that she believes in miracles. She said "I’ve seen in my own life, just a lot of things that have happened that have been, I wouldn’t say miraculous, but I would just say a blessing. And I think maybe I have a lot of luck. I had to work really hard, but there’s a lot of luck. But I haven’t, myself witnessed a miracle."
Politics
Swank prefers not to let her political persuasions be known. When asked who she was voting for in the 2008 election, she said: "I don’t usually talk about my politics as a general rule."
Views
Hilary Swank expressed her support for gay marriage. After Vice President Joe Biden put his political weight behind the issue, she said: "I feel like it’s phenomenal. I think it’s a big positive step forward and one we should have been way past."
Quotations:
"You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be."
"Life is about family. You have to be there for your people. Without that, hat's the point?"
"I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator."
"I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say. I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there."
Personality
Swank has little interest in being the delicate girl. She is, both naturally and deliberately, the antithesis of the flighty actress. She is punctual and professional, grounded and resolute. Hilary Swank frequently portrays women who are in obstacles but still attempt to achieve their goals.
In October 2011, Swank attracted controversy for attending an event in Chechnya's capital Grozny on the 35th birthday of Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov on October 5. After wishing him "Happy birthday, Mr. President", she reportedly claimed knowledge about Kadyrov saying: "I read. I do my research". Following criticism from human rights groups, who report having informed her about the human rights abuses in Chechnya prior to the event, asking her to reconsider her participation, Swank said she was unaware that Kadyrov had been accused of human rights violations and that she "deeply regrets" taking part in the lavish concert, and will donate her personal appearance fees "to various charitable organizations."
Physical Characteristics:
Hilary Swank has a height of 5′ 6″ (168 cm), she weighs 121 pounds (55 kg). Swank has light brown long hair and dark brown eyes.
Hilary Swank for all her life has enjoyed physical activity. Since childhood doing sport has been an easy task for the actress. As a child, Hilary was engaged in gymnastics and swimming. But despite her love to the sport she has never put it on the first place in her life and made all the efforts to theatrical productions at school. When Clint Eastwood invited Swank for her role in Million Dollar Baby, her sport skills were very useful.
In this film, Hilary Swank plays a waitress who is taught boxing by old coach. Eastwood has set the task before the shooting - to gain at least 5 kilos of “meat”.
The training was combined with a diet that contained so much protein that at one time the body could not digest so much. Therefore Swank was fed every 4,5 hours strictly on time, including the night, when she got up on an alarm clock. The diet included protein shake, egg white, and fish. The actress had to sleep for 9 hours a day on a schedule. All the rest of the time Hilary was training. 2,5 hours were given to boxing and at the same time - the power classes. The coach, who was involved with the actress suggested the use of simple exercises, but their intensity was the maximum possible. The number of sets has been limited by Swank’s capacity. During the training, more attention has been paid to back, legs and the press. According to Swank’s description, sparring was like that as if you were jumping over the rope and at the same time constantly hit in the stomach. Back muscles Hilary pumped by a pull-up bar - in front of and behind her head. And as an actress had never trained her back before, the first time she could not catch up. But through perseverance, her back had changed till the time of post edition. To make legs toned, Hilary dragged “Jeep SUV” in neutral around the lot. Then a jumping rope, a little rest from boxing pear and sparring with jumps.
Interests
working out, fitness
Writers
Vincent Hunanyan, Elizabeth Gilbert, Harper Lee
Sport & Clubs
tennis, swimming, basketball, gymnastics
Music & Bands
U2, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Prince
Connections
While filming Quiet Days in Hollywood, Swank met actor Chad Lowe. They married on September 28, 1997. They announced their intention to divorce on January 9, 2006, which was finalized on November 1, 2007. In 2007, Swank began dating her agent, John Campisi, but they ended their relationship in May 2012.
On March 22, 2016, Swank announced her engagement to Ruben Torres, a financial advisor and former professional tennis player. The two had been dating since May 2015. In June 2016, Swank's representative confirmed she and Torres had ended their engagement.
On August 18, 2018, Swank married entrepreneur Philip Schneider after two years of dating.