Hilary Swank

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Birth Name: Hilary Ann Swank

Age: 45, born 30 July 1974

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 6"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Philip Schneider

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Description: Hilary Swank [ Born: Hilary Ann Swank on July 30, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska ] is a Two Time Academy Award Winning film actress, She won for Best Actress both times, first for playing Brandon Teena in "Boys Don't Cry" (1998) and then for playing a struggling waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald in "Million Dollar Baby" (2004). Swank's mother, Judy Kay (née Clough), was a secretary and dancer, and her father, Stephen Michael Swank, was an officer in the Air National Guard and later a traveling salesman. She has a brother, Daniel, who is eight years her senior. The surname "Swank", originally S Hilary Swank [ Born: Hilary Ann Swank on July 30, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska ] is a Two Time Academy Award Winning film actress, She won for Best Actress both times, first for playing Brandon Teena in "Boys Don't Cry" (1998) and then for playing a struggling waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald in "Million Dollar Baby" (2004).

Swank's mother, Judy Kay (née Clough), was a secretary and dancer, and her father, Stephen Michael Swank, was an officer in the Air National Guard and later a traveling salesman. She has a brother, Daniel, who is eight years her senior. The surname "Swank", originally Schwenk, is of German origin. Many of Swank's family members are from Ringgold County, Iowa, and her maternal grandmother was of Spanish and Shoshone (Native American) ancestry. After having lived in Spokane, Washington, Swank's family moved to a trailer park near Lake Samish in Bellingham, Washington, when Swank was six.

She attended Happy Valley Elementary, Fairhaven Middle, then Sehome High School in Bellingham until she was sixteen. She also competed in the Junior Olympics and the Washington state championships in swimming, and she ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.

sWank made her first appearance on stage when she was nine years old, starring in The Jungle Book. She became involved in school and community theater programs, including those of the Bellingham Theatre Guild and The Seattle Children's Theater.

When she was fifteen, her parents separated, and she and her mother, supportive of her daughter's desire to act, moved to Los Angeles, where they lived out of their car until Swank's mother saved enough money to rent an apartment. Swank has called her mother the inspiration for her acting career and her life. In California, Swank enrolled in South Pasadena High School, dropping out later. She described her time at South Pasadena High School: “I felt like such an outsider. I didn't feel like I fit in. I didn't belong in any way. I didn't even feel like the teachers wanted me there. I just felt like I wasn't seen or understood.” She explained her becoming an actor out of feeling as an outsider: “As a kid I felt that I belonged only when I read a book or saw a movie, and could get involved with a character. It was natural that I became an actor because I longed so much to be those other people, or at least to play them”.

Province / State: Nebraska
Place of Birth: Lincoln
Astrological Sign: Leo (Jul 23 - Aug 22)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 168 cm - 5 feet and 6 inches
Career Status: Active
Career Start : 1990 ... (more)