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| caption=Swinton at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival | | caption=Swinton at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| date_birth= | | date_birth=5 November 1960<ref name="Turner">{{Cite web |title=The queer cult stardom of Tilda Swinton |last=Turner |first=Kyle |work=Seventh Row |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= https://seventh-row.com/2016/05/18/queer-cult-stardom-tilda-swinton/}}</ref> | ||
| place_birth=London, England | | place_birth=London, England | ||
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| known_for=''Orlando'' and ''Constantine'' | | known_for=''Orlando'' and ''Constantine'' | ||
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'''Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton''', born | '''Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton''', born 5 November 1960 (age 60), is a British actor most noted in the [[nonbinary]] community for her [[androgynous]] roles in ''Orlando'' and as [[genderless]] angel Gabriel in ''Constantine''. | ||
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Michael Clayton'' in 2007. | She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Michael Clayton'' in 2007. | ||
In 2013, Swinton was named as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by ''The Guardian''.<ref>''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/gallery/2013/mar/29/50-best-dressed-over-50s The 50 best-dressed over 50s]'', The Guardian, March 2013 | In 2013, Swinton was named as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by ''The Guardian''.<ref>''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/gallery/2013/mar/29/50-best-dressed-over-50s The 50 best-dressed over 50s]'', The Guardian, March 2013</ref> | ||
==Tilda Swinton on gender== | ==Tilda Swinton on gender== | ||
"I don't know if I could ever really say that I was a girl – I was kind of a boy for a long time. I don’t know, who knows? It changes."<ref name="thewip">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Actress Tilda Swinton: “I am probably a woman” |last=Kreutzbruck |first=Vera von |work=thewip.net |date=20 March 2009 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= http://thewip.net/arts-culture/feature-articles/interview-with-actress-tilda-swinton-i-am-probably-a-woman/ | "I don't know if I could ever really say that I was a girl – I was kind of a boy for a long time. I don’t know, who knows? It changes."<ref name="thewip">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Actress Tilda Swinton: “I am probably a woman” |last=Kreutzbruck |first=Vera von |work=thewip.net |date=20 March 2009 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= http://thewip.net/arts-culture/feature-articles/interview-with-actress-tilda-swinton-i-am-probably-a-woman/}}</ref> | ||
"That whole idea of transformation is at the heart of what I’m interested in as a performer and not least through the idea of gender. It’s a very personal matter. I can categorically say that as Orlando does in the film: Yes, I’m probably a woman."<ref name="thewip" /> | "That whole idea of transformation is at the heart of what I’m interested in as a performer and not least through the idea of gender. It’s a very personal matter. I can categorically say that as Orlando does in the film: Yes, I’m probably a woman."<ref name="thewip" /> | ||
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"I enjoy walking the tightrope of identity, of sexual identity, of gender identity."<ref name="thewip" /> | "I enjoy walking the tightrope of identity, of sexual identity, of gender identity."<ref name="thewip" /> | ||
"The whole idea of being fixed in any way, it just makes me claustrophobic." (On the move towards gender-neutral awards in film)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tilda Swinton Praises Gender-Neutral Awards: ‘Being Fixed in Any Way Makes Me Claustrophobic’ |last=Ravindran |first=Manori |work=yahoo!news |date=3 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tilda-swinton-praises-gender-neutral-095930466.html | "The whole idea of being fixed in any way, it just makes me claustrophobic." (On the move towards gender-neutral awards in film)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tilda Swinton Praises Gender-Neutral Awards: ‘Being Fixed in Any Way Makes Me Claustrophobic’ |last=Ravindran |first=Manori |work=yahoo!news |date=3 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tilda-swinton-praises-gender-neutral-095930466.html}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||