In addition to the Oscar for her performance as 'Brandon Teena' in Boys Don't Cry, Hilary won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and Best Actress prizes from The New York Film Critics, The Los Angeles Film Critics, The Chicago Film Critics and The Broadcast Film Critics Association. She also won the Breakthrough Performance prize from The National Board of Review.

Swank then appeared in supporting roles opposite Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves in Sam Raimi's The Gift, and opposite Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia. She recently starred as Alice Paul in HBO's Iron Jawed Angels, which told the story of the women's suffragette movement, and she was honored with both SAG and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in this film.

Swank was most recently seen starring opposite Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman as the title character in Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, the story of a young woman's quest to realize her dream of becoming a professional boxer. For this performance, she was honored with her second Academy Award® for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and has garnered Best Actress prizes from the National Society of Film Critics, the Screen Actors Guild, The Broadcast Film Critics, and a Golden Globe for Best Lead Actress in a Drama.

She had a supporting role opposite Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett in Brian De Palma's Black Dahlia, and starred in The Reaping.