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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:"[[WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic Yay]], [[ShaggyDogStory I'm finally a complete person!]]" [[ChronicallyKilledActor *BOOM*]]]] |
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4 | ->''"One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor."'' |
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6 | Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress. While her interest started at the age of 9 when she starred in a stage production of ''Literature/TheJungleBook'', her first appearance in Hollywood was a small part in ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', followed by her first leading role as Julie Pierce, Mr. Miyagi's first female student in ''Film/TheNextKarateKid''. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards and won both times, for ''Film/BoysDontCry'' and ''Film/MillionDollarBaby''. |
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8 | !! Films and TV shows associated with Hilary Swank: |
9 | * ''Film/EveningShade'' |
10 | * ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' |
11 | * ''Series/GrowingPains'' |
12 | * ''Series/CampWilder'' |
13 | * ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' |
14 | * ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' |
15 | * ''[[CriesUnheardTheDonnaYaklichStory Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story]]'' |
16 | * ''[[SometimesTheyComeBack Sometimes They Come Back... Again]]'' |
17 | * ''TerrorInTheFamily'' |
18 | * ''{{Kounterfeit}}'' |
19 | * ''QuietDaysInHollywood'' |
20 | * ''TheSleepwalkerKilling'' |
21 | * ''[[LeavingLA Leaving L.A.]]'' |
22 | * ''Film/DyingToBelong'' |
23 | * ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' |
24 | * ''{{Heartwood}}'' |
25 | * ''Film/BoysDontCry'' |
26 | * ''Film/TheGift2000'' |
27 | * ''Film/ScaryMovie'' |
28 | * ''Film/TheAudition'' |
29 | * ''Film/TheAffairOfTheNecklace'' |
30 | * ''Film/TheSpaceBetween'' |
31 | * ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'' |
32 | * ''Film/ElevenFourteen'' |
33 | * ''Film/TheCore'' |
34 | * ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' |
35 | * ''Film/RedDust'' |
36 | * ''Film/IronJawedAngels'' |
37 | * ''Film/TheBlackDahlia'' |
38 | * ''Film/FreedomWriters'' |
39 | * ''Film/TheReaping'' |
40 | * ''Film/PSILoveYou'' |
41 | * ''Film/BirdsOfAmerica'' |
42 | * ''Film/{{Amelia}}'' |
43 | * ''Film/{{The Resident|2011}}'' |
44 | * ''Film/Conviction2010'' |
45 | * ''Film/LoganLucky'' |
46 | * ''Series/{{Away}}'' |
47 | * ''Film/{{Fatale}}'' |
48 | * ''Series/AlaskaDaily'' |
49 | * ''Film/{{Ordinary Angels}}'' |
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51 | !!Tropes associated with Hilary Swank: |
52 | * ActorInspiredElement: ''Film/TheReaping'' was to be set in New England. Hilary persuaded them to move it to the DeepSouth. Then [[OhCrap Hurricane Katrina struck]]. |
53 | * ActorSharedBackground: |
54 | ** She has a similar upbringing to her character Maggie in ''Film/MillionDollarBaby''. |
55 | ** She's also from Lincoln, Nebraska like her character Brandon in ''Film/BoysDontCry''. |
56 | * TheCastShowOff: She got to show off her gymnastics background in ''The Next Karate Kid''. |
57 | * ChronicallyKilledActor: "I usually die in my movies. I don't live to see the credits." |
58 | * DawsonCasting: She was in her mid-twenties playing a teen on ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''. |
59 | * DyeHard: She's naturally blonde but is best known for being brunette. |
60 | * DoingItForTheArt: She earned just $75 a day on ''Film/BoysDontCry'' but did the film out of sheer love for the subject matter. |
61 | * DyeingForYourArt: |
62 | ** For ''Film/BoysDontCry'' she cut her long hair short and dyed it chestnut brown, as well as losing weight. She lived as a boy for weeks, and her neighbours thought the person leaving her house every morning was her brother visiting. |
63 | ** Although she had an athletic background, she had to gain twenty pounds of muscle for ''Film/MillionDollarBaby''. Her former clothes didn't fit for years afterwards. |
64 | * FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. Usually plays {{Iron Woobie}}s and serious driven characters. The director of ''Film/FreedomWriters'' noted she was more of a goofball than her characters, and cast her in ''Film/PSILoveYou'' to show this side. |
65 | * LyingCreator: She lied to Kimberly Peirce that she was the same age as her character in ''Film/BoysDontCry''. When she was found out, she defended herself saying "that's what Brandon would do." |
66 | * MethodActing: While filming ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' she contracted a serious bacterial infection and only took a week's medicated rest off, not telling the producers or Clint Eastwood. Because she felt her character wouldn't be honest about her injury. |
67 | * TheOtherMarty: Creator/GinniferGoodwin became this to her after she dropped out of ''Film/SomethingBorrowed''. |
68 | * PlayingAgainstType: |
69 | ** She plays a FemmeFatale in ''Film/TheBlackDahlia''. |
70 | ** In ''Film/PSILoveYou'' she goes against type as a more dorky character, which was director Richard [=LaGravenese=] wanting to cast her in a role closer to her own personality. |
71 | * SeparatedAtBirthCasting: She was noted to have a strong resemblance to Amelia Earhart, hence why she was cast in ''Amelia''. |
72 | * StarDerailingRole: The failures of ''Film/PSILoveYou'' and ''Film/TheReaping'' are thought to have damaged her star power, and ''Amelia'''s flopping didn't help matters. She then took a break from acting in order to care for her sick father. |
73 | * StarMakingRole: Before ''Film/BoysDontCry'' she hadn't been doing a lot of high-profile work. Then her Oscar win rocketed her to stardom almost overnight. |
74 | * TomHanksSyndrome: She got her start in {{Teen Drama}}s and a lot of sitcoms that didn't make it past one season. Her Oscar win solidified her as a dramatic actress. |
75 | * TypeCasting: In the 2000s Hilary found herself playing a lot of {{Iron Woobie}}s who are determined to achieve their goals in life. |
76 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
77 | ** She campaigned really hard for the lead role in ''Changeling'', which ultimately went to Creator/AngelinaJolie. |
78 | ** She was cast on ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' for two years but fired after only sixteen episodes. |
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