Tilda Swinton

Digital life mask of the actor covered by the Scottish flag.

Katherine Matilda Swinton is a British actress known for playing eccentric and enigmatic characters, often working with auteur directors.

Swinton's paternal great-grandfather was a Scottish politician and herald, George Swinton, and her maternal great-great-grandfather was the Scottish botanist John Hutton Balfour. The Swintons are an ancient Scots family whose members can trace their lineage to the 9th Century. As Swinton once stated, she considers herself "first and foremost" a Scot.