--- title: Tilda Swinton: 25 Photos of the Shape-Shifting Actress description: From her Oscar win to makeovers in 'Trainwreck' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' canonical: https://time.com/4100602/tilda-swinton-photos/ author: Kenneth Bachor article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-05T16:09:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:02.852Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Celebrate Tilda Swinton’s Birthday With 25 Photos og:description: From her Oscar win to makeovers in 'Trainwreck' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' og:url: https://time.com/4100602/tilda-swinton-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt541e114c6500a078/69886faa196cf42ed8038d5f/tilda-swinton-10.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1532 og:image:alt: Magnolia Pictures And Quentin Tarantino Host The "I Am Love" Reception og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrate Tilda Swinton’s Birthday With 25 Photos twitter:description: From her Oscar win to makeovers in 'Trainwreck' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt541e114c6500a078/69886faa196cf42ed8038d5f/tilda-swinton-10.jpg?branch=production ---  # Celebrate Tilda Swinton’s Birthday With 25 Photos of the Shape-Shifting Actress by [Kenneth Bachor](https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/) ## Kenneth Bachor Nov 5, 2015 4:09 PM UTC  Tilda Swinton attends the premiere of A Bigger Splash on Oct. 21, 2015 in London. Tilda Swinton attends the premiere of A Bigger Splash on Oct. 21, 2015 in London.Danny Martindale—Getty Images by [Kenneth Bachor](https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/) ## Kenneth Bachor Nov 5, 2015 4:09 PM UTC  Tilda Swinton as Lena in Caravaggio in 1986. Cinevista  Tilda Swinton, left, and director Ken Russell at the Cannes Film Festival for their film Aria in Cannes, France in May 1987. Richard Blanshard—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton attends the Orlando New York City Premiere on June 2, 1993 in New York City. Ron Galella—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton sleeps in a glass box as part of an exhibition called "The Maybe" at the Serpentine Gallery on Sept. 4, 1995 in London. Andrew Winning—AFP/Getty Images  From left: Leonardo Dicaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Tilda Swinton at the premiere of The Beach in Berlin on Feb 13, 2000. Franziska Krug—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton arrives at the Palme d'Or Award Ceremony at the 54th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2001. Evan Agostini—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton attends the premiere of Adaptation on Dec. 3, 2002 in Westwood, Calif. Vince Bucci—Getty Images  Malcom McLaren, second from left, Tilda Swinton, and Viktor & Rolf on Aug. 10, 2003 in Paris. Bertrand Rindoff Petroff—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor during the Young Adam premiere in New York City on Oct. 8, 2003. Gregory Pace—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton as Gabriel in Constantine in 2005. Warner Bros. Pictures  Tilda Swinton as Jadis, the White Witch, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005. Buena Vista Pictures  Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton in 2007. Warner Bros.  Tilda Swinton onstage during the 80th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 24, 2008 in Los Angeles. Michael Caulfield—Getty Images  From left: Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, and George Clooney pose before the screening of Burn After Reading in Venice, Italy on Aug. 27, 2008. Damien Meyer—AFP/Getty Images  Tilda Swinton onstage during the Cesar Film Awards on Feb. 27, 2009 in Paris. Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian in We Need to Talk About Kevin in 2011. Oscilloscope Laboratories  From left: Quentin Tarantino, Tilda Swinton and Marilyn Manson attend the I Am Love reception on Jan. 13, 2011 in West Hollywood, Calif. Craig Barritt—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton in 2012 photographed as an honoree for that year's TIME 100. Peter Hapak for TIME  Elton John and Tilda Swinton during the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Paul Drinkwater—Getty Images  From left: Jason Schwartzman, Bruce Willis, Wes Anderson, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray promote Moonrise Kingdom at the 65th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2012 in Cannes, France. Alberto Pizzoli—AFP/Getty Images  Tilda Swinton and David Bowie in a still from Bowie's video for "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" in 2013. Black Dog Films  Sandro Kopp, left, and Tilda Swinton, right, attend the private viewing for the David Bowie Is exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum on March 20, 2013 in London. Dave M. Benett—Getty Images  Tilda Swinton as Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe und Taxis in The Grand Budapest Hotel in 2014. Fox Searchlight Pictures  Tilda Swinton as Dianna in Trainwreck in 2015. Universal Pictures  Tilda Swinton attends the premiere of A Bigger Splash on Oct. 21, 2015 in London. Danny Martindale—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4100602/tilda-swinton-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4100602/tilda-swinton-photos/"},"headline":"Celebrate Tilda Swinton’s Birthday With 25 Photos of the Shape-Shifting Actress","datePublished":"2015-11-05T16:09:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:02.852Z","description":"From her Oscar win for Michael Clayton to makeovers in Trainwreck and The Grand Budapest Hotel","url":"https://time.com/4100602/tilda-swinton-photos/","keywords":["movies","celebrities","Pop Culture","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt541e114c6500a078/69886faa196cf42ed8038d5f/tilda-swinton-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kenneth Bachor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt541e114c6500a078/69886faa196cf42ed8038d5f/tilda-swinton-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Magnolia Pictures And Quentin Tarantino Host The \"I Am Love\" Reception","caption":"From left, Quentin Tarantino, Tilda Swinton and Marilyn Manson attend the \"I Am Love\" reception on Jan. 13, 2011 in West Hollywood, Calif.","creditText":"Danny Martindale—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4100602/tilda-swinton-photos/","name":"Celebrate Tilda Swinton’s Birthday With 25 Photos of the Shape-Shifting Actress"}}]}] ```