Tilda Swinton is a famous Academy British actress Award winning British actress.

She studied at West Heath Girls' School and also Fettes College.

In 1983, Tilda Swinton graduated from New Hall College at Cambridge University with a degree in Social and Political Sciences.

She has two Honorary Doctorates: one from Napier University in Edinburgh, received in August 2006 and one from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama [RSAMD] in Glasgow, received in July 2006.

She was a contributing editor to the literary magazine Zembla.

Swinton performed at Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, starring in "Mann ist Mann" by Manfred Karge and at Royal Shakespeare Company.

She appeared as Julia in the 1986 television mini-series "Zastrozzi: A Romance".

Tilda made her big-screen debut with the role of Sally in the film "Egomania - Insel ohne Hoffnung" in 1986.

She later appeared in several films like "Friendship's Death" [1987], "Degrees of Blindness" [1988], "The Garden" [1990], "Edward II" [1991], "Wittgenstein" [1993], "The War Zone" [1999], "Possible Worlds" [2000] and many other films.

Tilda Swinton won the Volpi Cup Best Actress award for her role in the postmodern film "Edward II" in 1991.

She also appeared in mainstream projects, including the leading role in the American film "The Deep End" [2001], "The Beach" [2000] with Leonardo DiCaprio, "Vanilla Sky" [2001] with Tom Cruise and "Constantine" [2005] with Keanu Reeves.

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