Tilda Swinton

Actor, also producer, director and writer · Born November 5, 1960 (65) · London, England, UK

Oscar winner · BAFTA Award winner · Golden Globe nominee · 5 other major award bodies

Katherine Matilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient various accolades throughout her long career, including an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards, in addition to being nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Swinton began her career by appearing in experimental films starting with Caravaggio (1986), followed by The Last of England (1988), War Requiem (1989), and The Garden (1990). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), for which she received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End (2001), and followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Constantine (2005), Julia (2008), and I Am Love (2009). For the film Young Adam (2003), she won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Michael Clayton (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Swinton has also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Swinton was awarded the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Swinton was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest honour presented by the institution, for her "daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and film-maker and recognizes her great contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition and philanthropy." That same year, The New York Times ranked her thirteenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century up to that point.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: November 5, 1960 (65)
From: London, England, UK
Works as: Actor, also producer, director and writer
Titles: 83 on MovieCove · 159 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 26% in 30 days

What are Tilda Swinton's films like?

Across their 73 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama22 titles66^th

Comedy14 titles64^th

Documentary11 titles68^th

Action7 titles82^nd

Crime7 titles64^th

Adventure4 titles74^th

Biography4 titles71^st

Fantasy2 titles72^nd

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

27%

Bonds

16%

Society

15%

Morality

13%

Power

12%

Survival

Ideas

Purpose15 Romantic love12 Identity13 Isolation11 Community10 Family bonds8 Oppression6 Art7

What they feel like to watch

their average across 72 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 4 · Wry 6 · Earnest 59

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 23 · Serious 16 · Dark 33

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 37

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 20 · Charged 21 · Intense 31

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 31 · Shifting 26 · Whiplash 15

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 47 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 6

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 46 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 3

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 43 · Full focus 19

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 20 · Affecting 23 · Heavy 29

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 29 · Ambiguous 28

Roles they play

54 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 54 analyzed roles.

Hero

14 of 54

Mentor

9 of 54

Shadow

9 of 54

Ally

7 of 54

Shapeshifter

5 of 54

Herald

5 of 54

Trickster

3 of 54

Threshold guardian

2 of 54

Show the 54 roles

Shapeshifteras Lena in Caravaggio (1986)
Heroas Sally in Egomania: Island Without Hope (1986)
Heroas Friendship in Friendship's Death (1987)
Shapeshifteras The Maid in The Last of England (1987)
Allyas Hairdresser in Play Me Something (1989)
Shapeshifteras Isabella in Edward II (1991)
Heroas Orlando in Orlando (1992)
Heroas Evelyn Stephens in Female Perversions (1996)
Mentoras Muriel Belcher in Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Mentoras Mum in The War Zone (1999)
Shadowas Sal in The Beach (2000)
Heroas Margaret Hall in The Deep End (2001)
Heraldas Valerie Thomas in Adaptation. (2002)
Heroas Ruby in Teknolust (2002)
Allyas Olive in Teknolust (2002)
Allyas Marine in Teknolust (2002)
Mentoras Rosetta Stone in Teknolust (2002)
Allyas Ella Gault in Young Adam (2003)
Heroas Annemarie Livi in The Statement (2003)
Tricksteras Gabriel in Constantine (2005)
Shadowas White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Mentoras Lydie Crane in Stephanie Daley (2006)
Mentoras Narrator in Galapagos (2006)
Allyas Maloin felesége in The Man from London (2007)
Shadowas Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton (2007)
Shadowas Julia in Julia (2008)
Heroas Julia in Julia (2008)
Tricksteras Blonde in The Limits of Control (2009)
Heroas Emma Recchi in I Am Love (2009)
Shadowas The White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Heroas Eva Khatchadourian in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Threshold guardianas Social Services in Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Heroas Eve in Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Threshold guardianas Mason in Snowpiercer (2013)
Heraldas Thessaly Thacker in Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Mentoras The Ancient One in Doctor Strange (2016)
Heraldas Thora Thacker in Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Shadowas Lucy Mirando in Okja (2017)
Mentoras Madame Blanc in Suspiria (2018)
Shadowas Mother Elena Markos in Suspiria (2018)
Tricksteras Dr. Klemperer in Suspiria (2018)
Allyas Rosalind in The Souvenir (2019)
Heraldas Narrator in Last and First Men (2020)
Heroas Jessica Holland in Memoria (2021)
Allyas Rosalind in The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
Heroas Alithea in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
Heroas Julie in The Eternal Daughter (2022)
Shadowas Rosalind in The Eternal Daughter (2022)
Mentoras Elizabeth in Problemista (2023)
Shadowas The Expert in The Killer (2023)
Shapeshifteras Martha in The Room Next Door (2024)
Mentoras The Overseer in Broken English (2025)
Shapeshifteras ? in Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
Heraldas ? in Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

Tense

Melancholic

Dread

Absurd

Other

How their films linger

Thought-provoking37 Haunting26 Bittersweet25 Hopeful16 Unsettling15 Wistful8

How their films end · 10 with a twist

Happy7
Bittersweet29
Tragic10
Ambiguous26
Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tilda Swinton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 57 of their 83 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

BFI Player5 titles, show their 5 titles on BFI Player
Kino Film Collection5 titles, show their 5 titles on Kino Film Collection
Cinemax1 title, show their title on Cinemax
Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Dekkoo1 title, show their title on Dekkoo
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
Magnolia Selects1 title, show their title on Magnolia Selects
Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
PBS Documentaries1 title, show their title on PBS Documentaries
Screambox1 title, show their title on Screambox
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV
Sony Pictures Core1 title, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Strand Releasing1 title, show their title on Strand Releasing
Sundance Now1 title, show their title on Sundance Now

Subscription and free streaming for Tilda Swinton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

159 credits, 83 with a MovieCove page; 41 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Heart of Light - eleven songs for Fiji(2026)
Actor
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Queer Edward II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Executive Producer · as Self (archive footage)
WOLF (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)
A Flower of Forgetfulness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Actor
Broken English(2025)
as The Overseer
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
Flat 19 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
Ballad of a Small Player(2025)
as Cynthia Blithe
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Camaraderie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
Phantoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
Timeslip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
The End(2024)
Producer · as Mother
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Impulse: Playing with Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Narrator
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
The Room Next Door(2024)
as Martha / Michelle
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
January Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
Obertura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as The Gardenerette
Chroma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Director · as Self
Transparent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
Fantasmas(2024)
Show 1 episode · as Water (voice)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Problemista(2023)
as Elizabeth
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Killer(2023)
as The Expert
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Personal History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Actor
Pasolini On Pasolini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as narrator
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Asteroid City(2023)
as Dr. Hickenlooper
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Eternal Daughter(2022)
as Julie / Rosalind
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Durmiente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Actor
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio(2022)
as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
There Was a Tower: A Portrait of Mihály Víg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Executive Producer
Three Thousand Years of Longing(2022)
as Alithea
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Sleep Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Actor
Goliath: Playing with Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch(2021)
as J.K.L. Berensen
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Souvenir: Part II(2021)
as Rosalind
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Memoria(2021)
Executive Producer · as Jessica Holland
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
What If...?(2021)
Show 1 episode · as The Ancient One (voice)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Marvel Studios: Legends(2021)
Show 1 episode · as The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
The Human Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as Woman
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 14 episodes · Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)
Last and First Men(2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Personal History of David Copperfield(2019)
as Betsey Trotwood
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Uncut Gems(2019)
as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Boys(2019)
Show 3 episodes · as Ambrosius (voice)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Souvenir(2019)
as Rosalind
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Dead Don't Die(2019)
as Zelda Winston
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Avengers: Endgame(2019)
as The Ancient One
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
What We Do in the Shadows(2019)
Show 1 episode · as Tilda
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Suspiria(2018)
as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Isle of Dogs(2018)
as Oracle (voice)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Call Me by Your Name(2017)
Thanks
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Letters from Generation Rx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Okja(2017)
Co-Producer · as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger(2016)
Director · Producer · Writer · as Self
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
War Machine(2017)
as German Politician
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Letters from Baghdad(2016)
Executive Producer · as Gertrude Bell (voice)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
async - first light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Actor
Tania Libre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Paterson(2016)
Thanks
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Doctor Strange(2016)
as The Ancient One
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Phantom of the Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Narrator
Hail, Caesar!(2016)
as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
A Bigger Splash(2015)
as Marianne Lane
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Trainwreck(2015)
as Dianna
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Dreams Rewired (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Tilda in de Menil Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Actor
Antarctica: On the Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Narrator (voice)
The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)
as Madame D.
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Hot Dollar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Actor
Only Lovers Left Alive(2013)
as Eve
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Rick and Morty(2013)
Show 1 episode · as The Collective (voice)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Zero Theorem(2013)
as Dr. Shrink-Rom
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Death for a Unicorn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Snowpiercer(2013)
as Mason
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
When Björk Met Attenborough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Narrator (voice)
One Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Actor
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Actor
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Moonrise Kingdom(2012)
as Social Services
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Planet Tilda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Actor
Women, War & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)
We Need to Talk About Kevin(2011)
Executive Producer · as Eva Khatchadourian
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(2010)
as White Witch
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Climate of Change(2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
I Am Love(2009)
Producer · as Emma Recchi
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Invisible Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as The Cyclist
Getting On(2009)
Show 1 episode · as Elke
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Limits of Control(2009)
as Blonde
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)
as Elizabeth Abbott
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Man from London(2007)
as Camélia
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Burn After Reading(2008)
as Katie Cox
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian(2008)
as White Witch
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Julia(2008)
as Julia
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Derek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Executive Producer · Writer · as Narrator (voice)
The New Ten Commandments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Director · as Self
Michael Clayton(2007)
as Karen Crowder
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Stephanie Daley(2006)
Executive Producer · as Lydie Crane
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Faceless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Strange Culture(2007)
as Hope Kurtz
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Sleepwalkers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
Deep Water(2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(2005)
as White Witch
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Line of Fire: The Somme(2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Thumbsucker(2005)
Co-Executive Producer · as Audrey Cobb
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Broken Flowers(2005)
as Penny
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Absent Presence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Actor
Constantine(2005)
as Gabriel
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Statement(2003)
as Annemarie Livi
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Young Adam(2003)
as Ella Gault
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Adaptation.(2002)
as Valerie Thomas
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Teknolust(2002)
as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Vanilla Sky(2001)
as Rebecca Dearborn
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Deep End(2001)
as Margaret Hall
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Dilapidated Dwelling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Possible Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Joyce
The Beach(2000)
as Sal
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Protagonists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Actress
The War Zone(1999)
as Mum
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Conceiving Ada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon(1998)
as Muriel Belcher
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Female Perversions(1996)
as Evelyn Stephens
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Actor
Visions of Heaven and Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The Open Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Carla
Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as (voice)
Wittgenstein(1993)
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Orlando(1992)
as Orlando
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Ophelia
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · as Ophelia (voice)
Man to Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Ella / Max Gerike
Edward II(1991)
as Isabella
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Party: Nature Morte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Queenie
Your Cheatin' Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Actor
Your Cheatin' Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 6 episodes · as Cissie Crouch
The Garden(1990)
as Madonna/Voice Overs
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Play Me Something(1989)
as Hairdresser
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
War Requiem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as The Nurse
A Call to Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Actor
Volcano Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Gudrun
Cycling the Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as The Cyclist
Degrees of Blindness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Actor
The Last of England(1987)
as The Maid
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Friendship's Death(1987)
as Friendship
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Aria(1987)
as Young Girl
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Depuis le Jour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Actor
Egomania: Island Without Hope(1986)
as Sally
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Caravaggio(1986)
as Lena
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Show 1 episode · as Ella / Max Gerike
Caprice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Lucky
Zastrozzi: A Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Show 4 episodes · as Julia
The Sluggard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as The Sluggard
Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Show 1 episode · as Isabella
Death in Her Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Vesta Gul
Hitler's Favourite Royal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Narrator (voice)
Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Director
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
We Will Wake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Director

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 159 titles, 153 of them dated from 1985 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

$745M worldwide

Highest rated

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Midcredits 97^th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination

19852026

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 37 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1986Screen debut· Caprice
1986First top-billed film· Caprice
1991Venice award win· Edward II
2002Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Adaptation.
2007Oscar win· Michael Clayton
2008BAFTA Award nomination· Burn After Reading

Show 5 more milestones

2008Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2011Career best· We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011Golden Globe nomination· We Need to Talk About Kevin
2014Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· The Grand Budapest Hotel
2018Independent Spirit Award win· Suspiria

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting150 of 159 · 71^stDirecting5 of 159Writing2 of 159Producing13 of 159 · 70^thOther crew2 of 159

159 titles, 12 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1980s17 · acting1990s19 · acting2000s31 · 30 acting · 4 crew2010s44 · 41 acting · 7 crew2020s42 · 39 acting · 7 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 32% of 68 roles

60%

40%

20%

36%

38%

17%

33%

86910106111621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar, a BAFTA Award and 6 other major awards from 26 major nominations, 1988–2025.

WinNomination

2025
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- +1 other major body · 1 win
  - Berlinale award, won
2020
- Venice award, won
2019
- Independent Spirit Award, won
2016
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in an Action Movie
2015
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
  - Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  - Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead
2012
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- +1 other major body · 1 nomination
  - Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress
2009
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- +1 other major body · 1 nomination
  - Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
2008
- Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Supporting Actress
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
  - Berlinale award, won
  - Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress

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2003
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
2002
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- +1 other major body · 1 nomination
  - Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead
1991
- Venice award, won · Best Actress
1988
- Berlinale award, won · Jury Prize

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Tilda Swinton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73^rd percentile, the median of all 76; across their 72 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72^nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 72

Approval · how many liked their films

66^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 72

Reach · how many have seen their films

88^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 72

Midcredits score across 83 titles, by percentile

75^th and up39
50^th to 74^th28
25^th to 49^th14
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

45 of their 83 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved13
Cult Classic3
Crowd Pleaser45
Broadly Agreed4
Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

Climate of Change (2010)

89^th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Midcredits 99^th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 61 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tilda Swinton's work okay for kids?

Across up to 45 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore37 titles25–78 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all films

Sex & Nudity45 titles15–72 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most films

Profanity36 titles9–75 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs36 titles11–64 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense36 titles24–81 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.