• Hilary’s full name is Hilary Ann Swank

• Hilary got married to actor Chad Lowe in September 28, 1997 and got divorced in January 2006 after 8 years of marriage, but they’re still close friends

• Hilary was born on July 30, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska

• Hilary’s star sign is Lion

• Hilary is left-handed

• Hilary has certification for CPR

• Hilary uses the subway regularly and have no plans to stop doing that

• Hilary is of Spanish and Native American heritage

• Hilary is the first woman to win an Oscar in a role as a boxer

• Hilary’s eye color is light brown and her natural hair color is brown

• Hilary is 5′ 6″ / 1.68 cm long

• Hilary’s mother’s name is Judy

• Hilary and Chad met 12 years ago at a party (Hilary was 17 at the time) and tied the knot in 1997

• Hilary auditioned for the role of Lucy Hatcher, but they choose Marla Sokoloff in the TV Series The Practice

• Hilary was 9 years old, when she starred in her first play as Mowgli in The Jungle Book

• Hilary was sister-in-law of actor Rob Lowe

• Hilary got a “Hollywood Walk of Fame” Star in January 8, 2007 and her stars number is 2335.

• Hilary was discovered by producer Suzy Sachs

• Hilary does neither drink or smoke

• Hilary really likes reality TV

• Hilary attended to Santa Monica City College

• Hilary was fired from Beverly Hills, 90210 because Ian Ziering fans got mad and didn’t want his character to settle down

• Hilary does some volunteer work in her community

• Hilary’s has a lot of favorite meals but she likes Indian Food and Banana Split the most

• Hilary has a brother named James who is 8 years older then her

• Hilary has been acting professionaly since she was about 16 years old

• Hilary and her mother Judy Swank moved to LA area when she was 16, where, impoverished for a while, they lived out of their car

• Hilary was sister-in-law of makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff

• Hilary was choosed as one of ‘People’ magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000, 2004 and 2005

• Hilary’s 20th birthday party was a 1974 themed party and was held in Hollywood at ‘The Crush Bar’

• Hilary and her mother moved to the LA area when Hilary was 15 and a half, where they lived out of their car for a while

• Hilary’s favorite musicians is James Taylor and Van Morrison

• Hilary’s celebrity crushes are Johnny Depp and Ewan McGregor

• Hilary’s father used to be an Air National Guardsman but later became a traveling salesman

• Hilary competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington state championships in swimming and she was ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics

• Hilary appeared in the production of The Miracle Worker in Charlotte, North Carolina in March 2003

• Hilary is only the second actress to win two Academy Awards by age 30, Jodie Foster was the first