Her first leading film role was in the fourth installment of the Karate Kid series, The Next Karate Kid (1994) as Julie Pierce. Swank made her film debut in the 1992 comedy horror film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, playing a supporting role, after which she acted in the direct-to-video drama Quiet Days in Hollywood, where she co-starred with Chad Lowe, who would become her husband for a time. It was natural that I became an actor because I longed so much to be those other people, or at least to play them." Career I just felt like I wasn't seen or understood." She explained that she became an actor because she felt like an outsider, "As a kid I felt that I belonged only when I read a book or saw a movie, and could get involved with a character. I didn't even feel like the teachers wanted me there. She described her time at South Pasadena High School, "I felt like such an outsider.
In California, Swank enrolled in South Pasadena High School, later dropping out. Swank has called her mother the inspiration for her acting career and her life. When she was 15, her parents separated, and her mother, supportive of her daughter's desire to act, moved with her to Los Angeles, where they lived out of their car until Swank's mother saved enough money to rent an apartment. Swank made her first appearance on stage when she was nine years old, starring in The Jungle Book. She also competed in the Junior Olympics and the Washington state championships in swimming, and she ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics. She attended Happy Valley Elementary School, Fairhaven Middle School, then Sehome High School in Bellingham until she was 16. Īfter living in Spokane, Washington, Swank's family moved into a home near Lake Samish in Bellingham, Washington, when Swank was six. The surname "Swank," originally "Schwenk," is of German origin. Swank's paternal grandmother was born in England her other ancestry includes Dutch, German, Ulster-Scots, Scottish, Swiss and Welsh. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Clough ( née Dominguez), was born in El Centro, California, and was of Mexican (Spanish and Native American) descent. Many of Swank's family members are from Ringgold County, Iowa. Her mother, Judy Kay ( née Clough), was a secretary and dancer, and her father, Stephen Michael Swank, was a Chief Master Sergeant in the Oregon Air National Guard and later a traveling salesman. Swank was born on July 30, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020). Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). She then had her breakthrough for starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997 –1998).
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She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer.
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