| Biography | Nama : Tilda Swinton
Birth Name : Katherine Matilda Swinton
Birth Date : 11/5/1960
Birth Place : London, England, UK
Height : 5' 11"
Sex : F
Nationality : British
Occupation : Actress
Spouse : John Byrne
Claim Fame : As Orlando in "Orlando" (1992)
Katherine Mathilda Swinton (November 5, 1961- ) is an acclaimed British actress with copper-red hair and milk-pale skin. She is 5'11" in height.
Born in London to an Australian mother and Scottish father, she currently lives in Scotland, with her husband John Byrne and two children.
She sat in the 2004 Cannes filmjury together with Quentin Tarantino among others.
She attended the same school as Diana, Princess of Wales, and also Fettes College for a brief period.
Tilda Swinton became notorious for a brief period in 1995 when she appeared as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery in London. For a week, she was on display to the public, asleep or apparently so, in a glass case. The following year, the performance, entitled The Maybe, was repeated at a gallery in Rome.
Although she initially appeared in arthouse films, recent years have seen her move towards more mainstream projects such as Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach featuring Leonardo di Caprio.
She has also appeared in a music video for Orbital called The Box.
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