Tilda Swinton is a British actress. Tilda Swinton is known for both arthouse and mainstream films. Tilda Swinton won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Michael Clayton. Her mother, Judith Balfour, was Australian, and her father, Major-General Sir John Swinton is Scottish. Her family is an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the 9th century.

Tilda Swinton attended two private schools, the West Heath Girls` School, and also Fettes College for a brief period. In 1983, Tilda graduated from New Hall at Cambridge with a degree in Social and Political Sciences. Tilda has two Honorary Doctorates: one from Napier University in Edinburgh and one from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Tilda Swinton was a contributing editor to the literary magazine Zembla.

Tilda Swinton lives in Nairn, in the Highland area of Scotland, with Scottish painter John Byrne and their twin children: a son, Xavier, and a daughter, Honor. She travels with her partner Sandro Kopp, a German/New Zealand painter. She has been with Kopp since 2004 and the relationship has Byrne`s blessing.