Acting • AGE 65
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient vario...


Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji
2026

WOLF
Narrator (voice)
2026

A Flower of Forgetfulness
2026

Broken English
The Overseer
2026

The Coen Brothers - An American Story
Self
2025

The Tree
2025

Flat 19
2025

Ballad of a Small Player
Cynthia Blithe
2025

Camaraderie
2025

Phantoms
2025

Timeslip
2025

Instant Coffee
Self
2025

The End
Mother
2024

Impulse: Playing with Reality
Narrator
2024

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
2024

The Room Next Door
Martha / Michelle
2024

January Stories
2024

Obertura
The Gardenerette
2024

Chroma
2024

The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
Self
2024

Transparent
2024

Fantasmas
Water (voice)
2024

Problemista
Elizabeth
2024

The Killer
The Expert
2023

Personal History
2023

Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
Narrator (voice)
2023

Cannes Uncut
Self
2023

Asteroid City
Dr. Hickenlooper
2023

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022

The Eternal Daughter
Julie / Rosalind
2022

Durmiente
2022

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
2022

There Was a Tower: A Portrait of Mihály Víg
Executive Producer
2022

Three Thousand Years of Longing
Alithea
2022

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
2021

Goliath: Playing with Reality
Narrator (voice)
2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
J.K.L. Berensen
2021

The Souvenir: Part II
Rosalind
2021

Memoria
Jessica Holland
2021

What If...?
The Ancient One (voice)
2021

Marvel Studios Legends
The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021

The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
Self
2020

The Human Voice
Woman
2020

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
2020

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice)
2020

Last and First Men
Narrator (voice)
2020

The Personal History of David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
2019

Uncut Gems
Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
2019

The Boys
Ambrosius (voice)
2019

The Souvenir
Rosalind
2019

The Dead Don't Die
Zelda Winston
2019

Avengers: Endgame
The Ancient One
2019

What We Do in the Shadows
Tilda
2019

Suspiria
Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
2018

Isle of Dogs
Oracle (voice)
2018

Call Me by Your Name
Thanks
2017

Letters from Generation Rx
Narrator (voice)
2017

Okja
Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
2017

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Self
2017

War Machine
German Politician
2017

Letters from Baghdad
Gertrude Bell (voice)
2017

async - first light
2017

Paterson
Thanks
2016

Doctor Strange
The Ancient One
2016

Phantom of the Universe
Narrator
2016

Hail, Caesar!
Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
2016

A Bigger Splash
Marianne Lane
2015

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Social Services
2015

Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
Self
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015

Trainwreck
Dianna
2015

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
2015

Dreams Rewired
Narrator (voice)
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

Tilda in de Menil Land
2014

The Gospel According to St Derek
Self
2014

Antarctica: On the Edge
Narrator (voice)
2014

Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Self
2014

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Madame D.
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014

Only Lovers Left Alive
Eve
2013

Rick and Morty
The Collective (voice)
2013

The Zero Theorem
Dr. Shrink-Rom
2013

Snowpiercer
Mason
2013

Death for a Unicorn
Narrator (voice)
2013

When Björk Met Attenborough
Narrator (voice)
2013

David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
2013

One Water
2013

The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013

Love Flesh
Self
2013

Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Narrator (voice)
2013

Radioman
Self
2012

Ashes
Self
2012

Moonrise Kingdom
Social Services
2012

Song 1
Self
2012

Planet Tilda
2011

Women, War & Peace
Narrator (voice)
2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin
Eva Khatchadourian
2011

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
White Witch
2010

Climate of Change
Narrator (voice)
2010

I Am Love
Emma Recchi
2010

The Invisible Frame
The Cyclist
2009

Getting On
Elke
2009

The Limits of Control
Blonde
2009

Moments on the Set of I Am Love
Self
2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Elizabeth Abbott
2008

The Man from London
Camélia
2008

Burn After Reading
Katie Cox
2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
White Witch
2008

Julia
Julia
2008

Derek
Narrator (voice)
2008

The New Ten Commandments
Self
2008

Cannes: All Access
Self
2007

Michael Clayton
Karen Crowder
2007

Stephanie Daley
Lydie Crane
2007

Faceless
Narrator (voice)
2007

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007

Strange Culture
Hope Kurtz
2007

Sleepwalkers
Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
2007

Hitler's Favourite Royal
Narrator
2007

Deep Water
Narrator (voice)
2006

Galapagos
Self - Presenter
2006

Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
Self
2006

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
White Witch
2005

The Somme
Narrator (voice)
2005

Made in Hollywood
Self
2005

Thumbsucker
Audrey Cobb
2005

Broken Flowers
Penny
2005

Constantine
Gabriel
2005

The Statement
Annemarie Livi
2003

Young Adam
Ella Gault
2003

Adaptation.
Valerie Thomas
2002

Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Self
2002

Teknolust
Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
2002

Vanilla Sky
Rebecca Dearborn
2001

The Deep End
Margaret Hall
2001

The Dilapidated Dwelling
Narrator (voice)
2000

Possible Worlds
Joyce
2000

The Beach
Sal
2000

The Protagonists
Actress
1999

The War Zone
Mum
1999

Conceiving Ada
Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
1999

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Muriel Belcher
1998

Female Perversions
Evelyn Stephens
1996

The Daily Show
Self
1996

Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994

Glitterbug
Self
1994

Visions of Heaven and Hell
Narrator (voice)
1994

The Open Universe
Carla
1993

Blue
(voice)
1993

Wittgenstein
Lady Ottoline Morrell
1993

Orlando
Orlando
1992

Hamlet
Ophelia
1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Ophelia (voice)
1992

Man to Man
Ella / Max Gerike
1992

Edward II
Isabella
1991

The Party: Nature Morte
Queenie
1991

Derek Jarman: A Portrait
Self
1991

Your Cheatin' Heart
1990

Your Cheatin' Heart
Cissie Crouch
1990

The Garden
Madonna/Voice Overs
1990

Play Me Something
Hairdresser
1989

War Requiem
The Nurse
1989

Volcano Saga
Gudrun
1989

A Call to Arms
1989

Cycling the Frame
The Cyclist
1988

Degrees of Blindness
1988

The Last of England
The Maid
1987

Friendship's Death
Friendship
1987

Aria
Young Girl
1987

Depuis le Jour
1987

Egomania: Island Without Hope
Sally
1987

Caravaggio
Lena
1986

ScreenPlay
Ella / Max Gerike
1986

Caprice
Lucky
1986

Zastrozzi: A Romance
Julia
1986

The Sluggard
The Sluggard
1986

Screen Two
Isabella
1985

The Oscars
Self
1953

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944

Death in Her Hands
Vesta Gul