Tilda Swinton started making films with Derek Jarman in 1985, with a small part in Caravaggio, and went on to work with him on seven more films before his death in 1994, with important roles in The Last Of England, The Garden, War Requiem and Wittgenstein. In 1990 she won the Coppa Volpi at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Jarman’s Edward II. Swinton came to wider international recognition in 1992 with her extraordinary portrayal of Orlando in the film by Sally Potter. Since then, her work has included films with Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Susan Streitfeld, John Maybury, Tim Roth and Robert Lepage. In 2000, she made The Deep End with David Siegel and Scott McGehee, for which she won numerous international awards, including a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress. More recent credits include Spike Jonze’s Adaptation, David Mackenzie’s beat noir Young Adam (acclaimed at Cannes in 2003), Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers and films by Mike Mills and Francis Lawrence. She played the title role of the White Witch in Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for director Andrew Adamson, one of the most successful film releases of all time. She also worked with the great Bela Tarr in The Man From London which premiered in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Tilda has recently finished shooting the eponymous lead in Julia for maverick French director Erick Zonca, and David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button opposite Brad Pitt. This year, she will star opposite Pitt, George Clooney and Frances McDormand in Joel and Ethan Coen’s film Burn After Reading, and will be Lady Macbeth in Come Like Shadows, John Maybury’s film of the Shakespeare play, opposite Sean Bean. Swinton has recently been nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her leading role in Michael Clayton, in which she stars opposite George Clooney.

Selected Filmography:
Derek (Isaac Julien, 2007)
Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007)
The Man from London (Béla Tarr, 2007)
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005)
Constantine (Francis Lawrence, 2005)
Thumbsucker (Mike Mills, 2003)
Young Adam (David Mackenzie, 2003)
Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)
Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
The Deep End (David Siegel and Scott McGehee, 2000)
Possible Worlds (Robert Lepage, 2000)
The War Zone (Tim Roth, 1999)
Conceiving Ada (Lynn Hershman-Leeson, 1997)
Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993)
Wittgenstein (Derek Jarman, 1993
Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)
Man to Man (John Maybury, 1992)
Edward II (Derek Jarman, 1991)
The Garden (Derek Jarman, 1990)
War Requiem (Derek Jarman, 1989)
The Last of England (Derek Jarman, 1988)
Friendship’s Death (Peter Wollen, 1987)
Caravaggio (Derek Jarman, 1986)