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[[File:Tilda Swinton Cannes 2013.JPG|thumb|Swinton at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival]]
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'''Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton''', born 5 November 1960 (age 53), is a British actor most noted in the [[nonbinary]] community for her [[androgyne|androgynous]] roles in ''Orlando'' and as [[agender|genderless]] angel Gabriel in ''Constantine''.
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'''Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton''', born 5 November 1960 (age 53), 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.
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==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>''[http://thewip.net/2009/03/20/interview-with-actress-tilda-swinton-i-am-probably-a-woman/ Interview with Actress Tilda Swinton: “I am probably a woman”]'', thewip.net, March 20, 2009</ref>
"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></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" />
 
"I enjoy walking the tightrope of identity, of sexual identity, of gender identity."<ref name="thewip" />


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Nonbinary people|Swinton, Tilda]] [[Category:Performers|Swinton, Tilda]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]] [[Category:Performers]]
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