Tilda Swinton Trivia Questions

Swinton has a younger brother named Toby, but he is not an actor—he works in publishing. She does have a fraternal twin? No, she is one of four children, no twin.

In 'Orlando' (1992), she played the title character, who lives for centuries and changes gender from male to female, aging only slightly throughout the film.

Swinton played the White Witch in the live-action 'Narnia' films, but the audiobooks were narrated by actors like Lynn Redgrave and Michael York, not Swinton.

Swinton won an Oscar for 'Michael Clayton' (2007) and has never refused a nomination. She has, however, declined some roles for political reasons.

Swinton is close friends with Hiddleston (they co-starred in 'Only Lovers Left Alive'), but she is not godmother to his children; Hiddleston does not have children.

In 'Doctor Strange' (2016), she played the Ancient One, but in 'Avengers: Endgame' (2019), she also voiced the same character—technically one role, but she is the first actor to appear as distinct versions in separate MCU films.

In 1995, Swinton spent a week sleeping in a glass box at the Serpentine Gallery as part of Cornelia Parker's installation 'The Maybe.' She was not in a coma, but she did lie motionless for hours at a time.

In the early 1990s, she lived off-grid in a stone bothy in the Scottish Highlands with her partner and young twins, with no running water or electricity.