
Iconoclastic and risk-taking, Tilda Swinton uses her subtle acting skills and striking looks in a unique range of roles, which, luckily for us, includes a select number of historical costume movies.
Lena in Caravaggio (1986)

Orlando in Orlando (1992)


Lady Ottoline Morrell in Wittgenstein (1993)

Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace in Conceiving Ada (1997)


Elizabeth Abbott in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Madame D. in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker in Hail, Caesar! (2016)


What’s your favorite historical costume role of Tilda Swinton’s?
I wish Tilda and Sandy Powell would reunite on a movie because their collaboration together is magic.
Hands down it’s Orlando. The newest Thora/Thessaly looks interesting. But she’s also in Dr Strange.
I know you don’t mention Fantasy etc but I thought she was PERFECT as the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia films. And the costumes were amazing
Narnia doesn’t count, I guess. Looking forward to seeing her this weekend in Doctor Strange.