Hilary Swank: Moving to Hollywood with $75 and Whether Shed Do Boys Dont Cry Today
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Hilary Swank is one of just 14 women to win not one but two Academy Awards for Best Actress (Boys Don\\u2019t Cry, Million Dollar Baby). And as you\\u2019ll learn today, her life story just as remarkable as her career: from growing up in a trailer park (\\u201cit was no big deal\\u201d) to moving to L.A. as a teenager and living with her mom in their car for a time while chasing her dreams, to her breakthrough role as Brandon Teena in the indie film \\u201cBoys Don\\u2019t Cry\\u201d \\u2013 a performance that earned Hilary an Oscar, and just $3,000. She also reflects on playing a transgender character as a cisgender woman; which movie she feels doesn\\u2019t get nearly the credit it deserves; and how she envisions the next chapter of her career after becoming a mother last year.
Hilary\\u2019s newest film is called Ordinary Angels.
Links from the show:
- Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actress in Boys Don\\u2019t Cry
- Acceptance speech for Best Actress in Million Dollar Baby
- Boys Don\\u2019t Cry Memorable Moments
- Freedom Writers (2007)
- Ordinary Angels (Feb 22, 2024)
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