Hilary Swank

Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American actress. While her interest started at the age of 9 when she starred in a stage production of The Jungle Book, her first appearance in Hollywood was a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, followed by her first leading role as Julie Pierce, Mr. Miyagi's first female student in The Next Karate Kid. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards and won both times, for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby. Her most recent^[when?] movie role has been as Amelia Earhart in the biopic Amelia.

Hilary Swank has performed in the following roles:

• Evening Shade
• Harry and the Hendersons
• Growing Pains
• Camp Wilder
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Next Karate Kid
• Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
• Sometimes They Come Back... Again
• Terror In The Family
• Kounterfeit
• Quiet Days In Hollywood
• The Sleepwalker Killing
• Leaving L.A.
• Dying To Belong
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• Heartwood
• Boys Don't Cry
• The Gift
• Scary Movie
• The Audition
• The Affair of the Necklace
• The Space Between
• Insomnia
• 11:14
• The Core
• Million Dollar Baby
• Red Dust
• Iron Jawed Angels
• The Black Dahlia
• Freedom Writers
• The Reaping
• P.S. I Love You
• Birds Of America
• Amelia
• The Resident
• Conviction

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