– Swank was a one-time-member of american junior olympics swim team.
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– Nearly sidelined by foot infection through the filming of MILLION DOLLAR BABY, but she refused to tell director Clint Eastwood because she feared it would ruin the tone of the film. (January 29, 2005)
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– Will star opposite Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson in director Brian De Palma's adaptation of James Ellroy's classic crime novel 'The Black Dahlia', about the murder of an actress in Los Angeles in 1947 and subsequent investigation. (December 15, 2004)
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– Said she was relieved to have finished filming MILLION DOLLAR BABY, because it was the most physically challenging role of her life. (November 11, 2004)
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– Will star in MILLION DOLLAR BABY to be directed and starred by Clint Eastwood. (April 1, 2004)
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– Will be the face of a new sexy underwear range by Calvin Klein. (March 30, 2004)
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– 2000 ? Hillary Swank was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
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– Cut off all of her hair and lived as a boy for 1 month to prepare her for her role as Teena Brandon in BOYS DON'T CRY (1999).
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– Sister in law of Rob Lowe.
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– Hilary won lead role of Brandon/Teena in Boys after hundreds of other actresses had been considered and rejected over the course of 3 three years. Told director Kimberly Peirce that like her character, she was also 21 and hailed from Lincoln, Nebraska. But she was fibbing, and when Peirce later confronted her with the lies, she winningly responded: 'But that's what Brandon would do.
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– Has been acting professionally since she was 16.
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– Has a parrot and a cat named Tallinn.
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– Competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington state championships in swimming; ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.
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– Discovered as a young child actor by Producer, Suzy Sachs.
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– Met husband Lowe on set of QUIET DAYS IN HOLLYWOOD, 1992; married after 5-yr relationship.
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– Mother Judy Swank moved with her to LA area at age 16, where, impoverished for awhile, they lived out of their car.
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– Earned $75 a day for BOYS DON'T CRY.
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– Auditioned for the role of Lucy Hatcher on the television series THE PRACTICE (1997)
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– Of Spanish and Native American heritage.
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– Hilary's 20th birthday party was a 1974 themed party and was held in Hollywood at The Crush Bar.
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– She is left-handed
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– Helped rescue more than a dozen cats and dogs from apartments near Ground Zero in the days following the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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– Has put the idea of starting a family on hold - much to husband Chad Lowe's distress.
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for BOYS DON'T CRY (2001)
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– Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for BOYS DON'T CRY (2000) - shared with Chlo? Sevigny
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– Nominated for Breakthrough Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for BOYS DON'T CRY (2000)
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