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Hilary Swank: Boys Don't Cry
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Hilary Swank began acting at the age of nine. Since then she's starred in films such as "The Affair of the Necklace," "Insomnia" and "The Gift." Swank received an Academy Award for her role as Brandon Teena in the 1999 film, "Boys Don't Cry."
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In September 1997, Swank was cast as single mother Carly Reynolds on Beverly Hills, 90210. She was initially promised it would be a two-year role, but saw her character written out after 16 episodes in January 1998. Swank later said that she was devastated at being cut from the show, thinking, "If I'm not good enough for 90210, I'm not good enough for anything." As it turned out, the firing was the best thing to happen to Swank, as it freed her to audition for the role of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry. Swank dropped her body fat down to seven percent in preparation for the role.[9] Many critics hailed hers as the best female performance of 1999; her co-star of the film, Chloë Sevigny, had her performance singled out for praise ... Swank and Sevigny were often ranked as the best two leads of 1999 in film. The performance ultimately won her the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actress.
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HILARY SWANK will receive an Emery Award in New York City tomorrow (29NOV06), honouring her Oscar-winning role as a transgender teen in BOYS DON'T CRY. Emery Awards are presented by the Hetrick-Martin Institute to honour support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths aged between 12 and 21. WHOOPI GOLDBERG and KIMORA LEE SIMMONS will ... participate in the 20th annual awards ceremony, which will be hosted by comedian MARGARET CHO.
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Swank was impressed that Shyer had enough faith in her to cast her even before she won her Golden Globe -- before she was a bankable star. In addition, she didn't earn much more salary on this film than she did on Boys Don't Cry.
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