Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank is an American actress and film producer. Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 30, 1974, as the daughter of Judy Kay (née Clough), a secretary and former dancer, and Stephen Michael Swank, who was an officer in the Air National Guard and later a traveling salesman. Hilary Swank won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, as Brandon Teena, a transman in Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and as struggling waitress-turned-boxer, Maggie Fitzgerald, in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Swank’s first leading film role was in The Next Karate Kid (1994), which utilized her gymnastics background and paired her with Pat Morita. It was the fourth movie in the Karate Kid series. Later she got the role of Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry. Swank reduced her body fat to seven percent in preparation for the role. Many critics hailed hers as the best female performance of 1999, and Swank’s work ultimately won her the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actress. Swank had earned only $75 per day for her work on Boys Don’t Cry, culminating in a total of $3,000. Her earnings were so low, that she had not even earned enough to qualify for health insurance.
Hilary Swank
Swank married actor Chad Lowe on September 28, 1997. The two met in 1992 on the set of Quiet Days in Hollywood, a direct-to-video film. Swank forgot to thank Lowe during her acceptance speech after winning her first Oscar in 2000, so she spent nearly every public appearance afterward making up for it. Upon winning her second Oscar in 2005, Lowe was the first person she thanked; they subsequently separated in January 2006 and divorced in May 2006. In December 2006 Swank confirmed that she was dating her agent, John Campisi.
