Tilda Swinton in Burn After Reading | 2008

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Tilda Swinton in Burn After Reading | 2008

Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
About this actor

Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Michael Clayton. Swinton was born in London, Greater London, England. Her father, Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame House, Duns, Berwickshire, KCVO, OBE, DL, who was Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (1989-2000) is Scottish and her mother, Judith Balfour, Lady Swinton (née Killen), was Australian. The Swinton family is an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the High Middle Ages. Swinton attended two independent schools, the West Heath Girls' School (the same class as Diana, Princess of Wales), and also Fettes College for a brief period. In 1983, she graduated from New Hall (now known as Murray Edwards College) at Cambridge with a degree in Social and Political Sciences. While at Cambridge she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. She has two...