Biography of Hilary SwankHilary Ann Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 30, 1974. She grew up in Bellingham, Washington and as a child, devoted much of her time to athletic pursuits. Swank swam in the Junior Olympics and state championships, and ranked fifth in her state for gymnastics. At the age of 16, Swank moved to Los Angeles to realize her dream of becoming an actress.
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Her first notable screen credit was as the sidekick in the feature film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1992. Two years later, she earned a modicum of fame when she was chosen to star in The Next Karate Kid, a critical and box-office failure.
Swank subsequently appeared in a number of minor films and gained recognition on Beverly Hills, 90210 for one season, as Steve's (Ian Ziering) girlfriend Carly. In 1999, Swank found a role that would change her life forever in the independent drama, Boys Don't Cry. Based on the story of Teena Brandon, a woman whose decision to lead her life as a man met with dire consequences, Boys Don't Cry was a runaway success.
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Particular praise went to Swank for her stunning performance, for which she won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Subsequent projects included The Gift (2000), The Affair of the Necklace (2001), the thriller Insomnia (2002) with Al Pacino and Robin Williams, The Core (2003), the made-for-TV movie Iron Jawed Angels (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe), and Red Dust (2004).
In 2004, Hilary blew filmgoers away once again with her portrayal of a champion boxer in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, for which she won the Oscar, SAG and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Several relatively successful movies followed including The Black Dahlia (2006), Freedom Writers (2007), The Reaping (2007) and P.S., I Love You (2007).
Swank married actor Chad Lowe in 1997 but the couple divorced in May 2006.
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