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  Tilda Swinton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Katherine Mathilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960), better known as Tilda Swinton, is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films.
Swinton was born in London to Judith (an Australian) and Sir John Swinton (a Scottish major-general in the Scots Guards).
Swinton became notorious for a brief period in 1995 when she appeared as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery, London.
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 Tilda Swinton Biography
When in 2005 Tilda Swinton appeared as Jadis, the supreme force of evil in the epic fantasy The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, her appointment came as something of a surprise to all.
Tilda's Caravaggio co-stars Nigel Terry and Sean Bean would both appear, with Swinton herself as a nurse both at the front and tending for the aged Olivier, her character representing the compassion and powerlessness of those who witnessed the horror but did not fight.
Swinton had met Jarmusch backstage at a gig by The Darkness (she's a bit of a rocker on the sly, also enjoying the oeuvre of Marilyn Manson) and he later wrote to her, offering this part.
www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/biographies/tilda_swinton_biog/15   (6817 words)

  
 The Observer | Magazine | Tilda Swinton, one of our most unique actors, talks to Gaby Wood
According to the calendar, Swinton will be 45 next month, but I suspect her of having some method of overriding this, like Virginia Woolf's Orlando, with whom she has been, for many, inseparable since she played the ageless man-woman in Sally Potter's film.
Tilda Swinton comes from one of the oldest families in Scotland (they can trace their lineage back to the ninth century).
Swinton shrugs off her background - 'all families are old,' she says, in her clipped, emphatic tones, and: 'Families are all the same...
observer.guardian.co.uk /magazine/story/0,11913,1587905,00.html   (2113 words)

  
 The Movie Chicks - Interview - Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton, Scottish-born actress known for her gender-bending role in Orlando and the matriarchal leader in The Beach has donned an American accent to play a Nevada mother who will do anything to protect her children in her latest film, The Deep End.
Tilda: Apart from the narrative device, of if you're going to dump a body in water, the chances are it's going to be able to be retrieved, which is always useful.
Swinton has "painted" a character with many layers, from the calm exterior to the bubbling internal conflict.
www.themoviechicks.com /aug2001/mcrtdeepend.html   (1457 words)

  
 Celebrity Movie Archive :: Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton lying topless in bed as a guy watches a fly on her breast, and then she sits up and reaches under the sheets to begin to jerk the guy off.
Tilda Swinton lying naked in bed as a guy runs his hand over her legs, giving us a glimpse of bush and then a good view of her right breast as he moves up next to her.
Tilda Swinton sitting in a chair with her leg propped up as a guy kneels in front of her and rips open her panty hose to reveal a bit of bush as he prepares to shave her.
www.celebritymoviearchive.com /tour/name.php/609   (455 words)

  
 Combustible Celluloid interview - Tilda Swinton, The Deep End (2001)
A day before I was to meet with Tilda Swinton on her press tour for The Deep End in San Francisco, a strange brochure arrived in the mail.
It was all about Swinton, complete with various luminous photos of her, a brief biography, and a discussion of some of her films.
Swinton plays a housewife faced with a horrifying situation when she finds her son's older gay lover dead in their backyard and decides to dump the body in Lake Tahoe.
www.combustiblecelluloid.com /interviews/tilda1.shtml   (1037 words)

  
 Exclusive Interview - Tilda Swinton for "Constantine"
Swinton is equally excited about her participation in Disney's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Swinton was ferociously drawn to the film, she says, because "I saw something really special in director Mike Mills, who, for those who don't know, is a very well-regarded graphic artist, who has made documentary films and has made some of the most beautiful music videos.
The 43-year old Ms Swinton is on a roll, it seems, one that takes her literally to hell and back.
www.darkhorizons.com /news05/constan2.php   (1107 words)

  
 Tilda Swinton | Constantine Movie 2005 | Biography, Pictures, News Headlines, Links
TILDA: I don’t what it was; I think the world is divided between those who read it and those who didn’t; or had it read to them.
TILDA: Well, you know at the very beginning, this American kid says: “We’re going to stay with the professor.” And you’re going: “No, you didn’t go stay with the professor, you were English and it was the blitz and you were sent away from your family…” (laughs).
Tilda Swinton began her acting her career on the stage.
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 Tilda Swinton News
Tilda Swinton and Skandar Keynes star in "The Chronicles of Narnia," whose DVD extras outshine the sycophantic features for "Crash" and Brokeback Mountain," also out on DVD.
From left, stars Tilda Swinton and Skandar Keynes are joined by director Andrew Adamson on the set of "The Chronicles of Narnia." Disney/Phil Bray Last December saw the opening of a wardrobe grander than any...
White Witch: Tilda Swinton Lucy Pevensie: Georgie Henley Edmund Pevensie: Skandar Keynes Peter Pevensie: William Moseley Susan Pevensie: Anna Popplewell And the voices of: Aslan: Liam Neeson Mr.
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 Tilda Swinton, (Sal) in "Ther Beach"
TILDA SWINTON made her mark in film with her extraordinary performance as Orlando in Sally Potter's 1993 film of the same name.
Tilda's biggest film to date is Orlando, in which she played a man who turns into a woman." From Now magazine (25th February 1999)
Tilda and Virginie arriving on Phi Phi island, one of the
www.thaistudents.com /thebeach/tilda.html   (494 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | Tilda Swinton interview for "The Deep End" (2001)
Of course, she is sporting this look in the vesture free-for-all city of San Francisco, where she's stopped for a day on a promotional tour for "The Deep End," the latest in a 15-year career of unconventional films.
In over her head in a suburban paradise noir thriller, Margaret is soon unraveling under the strain of guilt and the threat of flmail from a strangely sympathetic criminal ("E.R.'s" Goran Visnjic) who has an incriminating pornographic videotape of her son with the recently deceased Lothario.
Swinton herself, on the other hand, is surprisingly chipper and gregarious, even while offering a thin-lipped smile of deliberate import ("Well, I am a punk, you know.") while having her picture taken on the deck of her hotel room.
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 The Tilda Swinton Picture Pages
Tilda Swinton, who sometimes is credited as Sandra Kim, studied at the same school as the Princess of Wales, Diana (deceased), and briefly attended Fettes College.
Swinton’s major break eventually arrived in 1992 with the starring role of the eponymous, hero-turned-heroine of Sally Potter’s lavish and daring adaptation of Virginia Wolf’s novel, Orlando.
Swinton once again attracted public attention when she was cast as Margaret Hall, a mother who goes to any length to protect her gay son, in the drama The Deep End (2001).
www.superiorpics.com /tilda_swinton   (1396 words)

  
 Tilda Swinton @ Filmbug
Tilda Swinton is well known for her versatility and luminous screen presence.
In 1992, Swinton gained international art house fame as the lead in Sally Potter's sumptuous and daring adaptation of Virginia Wolf's novel Orlando.
In 1995, Swinton devised a series of living art exhibitions entitled The Maybe, in which the performer lays motionless in a glass box for eight hours a day.
www.filmbug.com /db/220648   (406 words)

  
 Cinema Confidential News: 12/07/05 - INTERVIEW: Tilda Swinton & Skandar Keynes on "The Chronicles of Narnia"
In “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” Edmond (Skandar Keynes) betrays his three siblings for the false lures of the white witch (Tilda Swinton)- Turkish delight, cocoa, and a chance to be king.
TILDA: They’re not in the loop of all this.
TILDA: I’m not a believer in metal crowns and I thought it would be nice to see her crown.
www.cinecon.com /news.php?id=0512072   (1533 words)

  
 June 2005 Interview: Tilda Swinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The acclaimed Nairn-based actress TILDA SWINTON talks to the Arts Journal about her unconventional film career, from her early ground-breaking association with Derek Jarman through to her role in the the forthcoming adaptation of C. Lewis’s ‘Chronicles of Narnia’
TILDA SWINTON: Do you know, it seems to me the world is divided between those who know that book really well and those who don’t, and I had just never read it.
Tilda Swinton was born in London and grew up in the Scottish Borders.
www.hi-arts.co.uk /jun05_interview_tilda_swinton.html   (2643 words)

  
 CHUD.com - Cinematic Happenings Under Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Casting Tilda Swinton as an angel in Constantine was obviously a great idea, but it wasn't until I saw her in person that I really understood how perfect it was.
Swinton: You work out - If you haven't got enough to do you start working out that the craft service budget for a week is the budget of a film that you've been trying to get off of the ground for five years and you just drive yourself crazy.
Swinton: No. I think that he has to do something else in between and don't hold your breath because it'll be a year or so away minimum.
chud.com /interviews/4302   (2574 words)

  
 BBC - collective - young adam interview
“Who me?” Tilda Swinton looks genuinely surprised, her eyebrows arching as a smile spreads across her iconic face.
Given that Swinton has committed the last two decades to acting in “outsider” film projects, from Derek Jarman’s work to Orlando to The Deep End, and now the adaptation of Trocchi’s first book Young Adam, the suggestion doesn’t seem too far fetched.
Young Adam, an erotic existentialist thriller set in Glasgow’s barge community in the 40s, is Swinton’s first UK-based project in a while.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A1302797   (503 words)

  
 Tilda Swinton
Born in London, England to an upper-class Scottish family, Swinton was educated at Cambridge University (where she graduated with a degree in Social and Political Science/English Literature) before she started acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Swinton continued to showcase her talent in independent films and building a small but solid fan base.
Swinton, who went to school with Princess Diana, currently lives in Scotland with her writer/artist husband, John Byrne and their two children.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=4056   (295 words)

  
 Tilda Swinton, The White Witch of Narnia Speaks!
Tilda Swinton eats up her character of Jadis, the White Witch, in The Chronicles of Narnia.
Tilda Swinton: Unfortunately not, but the whole look of the piece...it was clear from the beginning that 85% of the piece would be her whole look.
Tilda Swinton: One of the things I loved was that first scene in the sleigh.
www.movieweb.com /news/news.php?id=10162   (3077 words)

  
 Tilda Swinton -- Queer Lesbian Gay Arts & Entertainment: Celebrities -- Gay.com
In the new film, opening August 1 in limited release, Swinton portrays a devoted mother of a gay son who discovers the dead body of his male lover outside their Lake Tahoe home.
Readers may recall that Swinton has appeared in other gay-themed work from director Derek Jarman, who died of AIDS in 1994: "Edward II" (1992), "Blue" (voice only) and "Wittgenstein" (both 1993), among others.
In some ways, Swinton is a screen diva for both gay men and lesbians.
www.gay.com /entertainment/celebrities/package.html?sernum=187   (261 words)

  
 NarniaFans.com :: Movies :: Cast :: Tilda Swinton as The White Witch
NarniaFans.com :: Movies :: Cast :: Tilda Swinton as The White Witch
Lives an hour north of Inverness in Scotland, with her husband, John Byrne and their 2 children, Xavier and Honor.
Daughter of Major-General Sir John Swinton, whose ancestral home has been within the family since the 9th century.
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 Tilda Swinton - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Known throughout Britain for her idiosyncratic performances and long-time association with the late filmmaker Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton is...
The Swinton family is said to be the oldest family in both Scotland and England,...
Tilda Swinton - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Tilda Swinton Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 SF360:Features - Tilda Swinton: The 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival "State of Cinema" Address
Tilda Swinton, just after her State of the Cinema, offers her attentions to a fan.
This address was delivered by Tilda Swinton to an audience at the Kabuki Theatre on April 29, 2006, during the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Tilda Swinton: The Scottish Sean Penn (posted May 09, 2006 to AngryWhitey)
www.sf360.org /features/2006/05/the_2006_san_fr.html   (4448 words)

  
 Heavenly Celebrities: Tilda Swinton Nude
A tall, delicately beautiful, red-haired English performer, Tilda Swinton has chosen to specialize in non-mainstream films, coming to prominence as the muse of the late British director Derek Jarman.
After a final collaboration with Jarman ("Blue" 1994), Swinton garnered critical attention as a lawyer who undergoes a personality crisis at the height of professional success in "Female Perversions" (1996) and continued in avant-garde films as the pregnant Ada Byron in "Conceiving Ada" (1997).
The actress had one of her best roles as the mother of a gay son who goes to any length to protect her child after his older, abusive lover is found dead in the intriguing if not wholly satisfying "The Deep End" (2001).
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 Tilda Swinton — Infoplease.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Swinton, distinguished by her ethereal features, has avoided mainstream films, opting instead to establish herself on the independent circuit.
Achieving a state of limitlessness: an interview with Tilda Swinton.
Earth angel: ethereal indie queen Tilda Swinton is suddenly turning up in studio films.
www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0903202.html   (419 words)

  
 Tilda Swinton - Channel 4 Film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cambridge-educated Tilda Swinton is known for her distinctive and highly individual performances in films as diverse as Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Young Adam (2003) and controversial filmmaker Derek Jarman's entire oeuvre.
Her first screen appearance was in his Caravaggio (1986) and Swinton would go on to star in all of the director's films until his death in 1984, receiving Best Actress prices at the Venice Film Festival for her part in his Edward II in 1992.
Greater recognition followed that same year for her performance in the titular role of Orlando and Swinton ended the nineties on a high with acclaimed performances in Tim Roth's stark The War Zone.
www.channel4.com /film/reviews/person.jsp?id=25572   (160 words)

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