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S he began her career in films COOL OVER 50
directed by Derek Jarman
winning the Volpi Cup for Best Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton
Actress at the Venice Film Festival
in Edward II. She was the lead in Virgina “Art is good for my soul precisely
Woolf ’s Orlando in which her androgynous because it reminds me that we have
look – life informs art - is applied to her role as souls in the first place.”
a nobleman who over the course of 400 years
becomes a woman. Ahead of its time, the film -Tilda Swinton
was re-released and continues to this day to
have a worldwide devoted fan following.

Swinton was the logical choice for the
White Witch character in the Chronicles of
Narnia series with her high white coloring,
British accent and regal pose. Alongside
George Clooney she played the lawyer Karen
Crowder, in the movie Michael Clayton and
was honored with both an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Her repertoire also includes: The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button, The Grand Budapest Hotel,
Trainwreck, A Bigger Splash among many
others in her prolific career including the 2016
Marvel Studios flick, Doctor Strange and the
upcoming Luca Guadagnino flick, Susperia.

Distinctive, statuesque, intelligent and warm;
this woman – cool over 50 - is still going strong.

“I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.”

-Tilda Swinton

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