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| Hilary at her star in Hollywood Walk of Fame. She's 40 today. |
Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. She has twice won the Academy Award for Best
Actress and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
Swank made her film debut in a minor role
in the 1992 comedy film Buffy the Vampire Slayer before starring in her breakout
lead role in the fourth installment of the The Karate Kid franchise The
Next Karate Kid in 1994, alongside Pat Morita. On television, she was cast
as part of the main cast in the eighth season of the drama series Beverly
Hills 90210 as single mother Carly Reynolds from 1997 to 1998. Swank garnered
critical acclaim
for her portrayal of Brandon Teena in the 1999 biographical
indie film Boys Don't Cry, which earned her the Academy Award for Best
Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
She starred in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama film Million Dollar Baby
as struggling-waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald, which won her a second Academy
Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress as well as the Screen Actors Guild
Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
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| Million Dollar Baby (with Clint Eastwood) |
