Katherine Mathilda Swinton (innate November 5 1961) is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films.

Natural within London to an Australian mother and Scottish father, she attended the equivalent school when Diana, Princess of Wales, and also Fettes College for a brief time. She graduated from either New Hall at Cambridge University with a degree around the sociable & political sciences in 1983.

Her early film act involved many film roles for director Derek Jarman. Swinton became ill-famed for the brief cycle around 1995 when she appeared as a live exhibit in the Serpentine Gallery, London. She get on display to the public for even the week, asleep or apparently then, within the glass experience. A ensuing month, a performance, entitled A Maybe, was perennial at the gallery inside Rome. She appeared in the video for Orbital's The Pack.

Recent years stand seen her move towards extra mainstream projects like Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, and The Beach featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. She sat on the 2004 Cannes film jury together with Quentin Tarantino among others.

She spends touching Inverness, Scotland with her husband John Byrne & their two kids, Xavier Byrne and Honor Byrne.

Selected Filmography
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) .... when Jadis, a Whiten Witch Broken Flowers (2005) .... when Penny Constantine (2005) .... when Gabriel Thumbsucker (2005) .... when Audrey Cobb The Statement (2003) .... when Anne-Marie Levy Young Adam (2003) .... when Ella Gault Adaptation. (2002) .... when Valerie Thomas Teknolust (2002) .... when Rosetta, Ruby, Marinne, Olivia Vanilla Sky (2001) .... when Rebecca Dearborn The Deep End (2001) .... when Margaret Hall Possible Worlds (2000) .... when Joyce The Beach (2000) .... when Sal Wittgenstein (1993) .... Lady Ottoline Morrell Orlando (1992) .... Orlando Edward II (1991) .... Isabella The Garden (1990) .... Madonna Caravaggio (1986) .... Lena