Hilary Swank is an American actress and film producer. She starred in Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby, for which she received Academy Awards for Best Lead Actress, as well as The Core, Conviction, The Hunt, and Ordinary Angels. Swank also appeared in the HBO film Iron Jawed Angels, portraying American suffragist Alice Paul, and the series TRUST. She also was a producer for the films You're Not You, Freedom Writers, and Something Borrowed.