Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has taken on an array of film roles, from true stories ("Boys Don't Cry," "Amelia") to horror ("The Reaping").

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In the 2013 HBO film "Mary and Martha," Brenda Blethyn, left, and Hilary Swank play mothers dealing with the loss of their sons to malaria.

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Hilary Swank was part of the large ensemble cast in 2011 rom-com "New Year's Eve."

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Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank) works to free her brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) from a murder conviction in 2010's "Conviction."

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Hilary Swank on the set of "Conviction" with director Tony Goldwyn.

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Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart, opposite Ewan McGregor as Gene Vidal, in the 2009 biopic "Amelia."

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Hilary Swank portrays Amelia Earhart in the 2009 biopic "Amelia."

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Hillary Swank as Katherine Winter in the 2007 horror film "The Reaping."

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Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler the 2007 life-after-death drama "P.S. I Love You."

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Hilary Swank earned an Oscar for her turn as a boxer in Clint Eastwood's 2004 film Million Dollar Baby.

"Boys Don't Cry"

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Hilary Swank nabbed her first best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Brandon Teena in 1999's "Boys Don't Cry," which was based on the life of a transgender man who was murdered in small-town Nebraska.

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