Honor Swinton Byrne Explained

Honor Swinton Byrne
Birth Date:1997 10, df=yes
Birth Place:London, England
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2009–present
Education:Drumduan School, Forres
Parents:John Byrne
Tilda Swinton
Relatives:John Swinton (grandfather)

Honor Swinton Byrne (born 6 October 1997)[1] is a British actress. Swinton Byrne had a cameo role in the 2009 film I Am Love, and stars in the Joanna Hogg films The Souvenir (2019) and its sequel The Souvenir Part II. She is the daughter of playwright John Byrne and actress Tilda Swinton.

Life and career

Swinton Byrne was born in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, on 6 October 1997. Her father is the Scottish playwright John Byrne, and her mother is the actress Tilda Swinton. She has a twin brother, Xavier. She also has two other half-siblings from her father's previous marriage.

Swinton Byrne and her brother were raised in the Scottish Highlands and attended Drumduan School, Forres, an independent alternative education school based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner co-founded by her mother in 2013.[2] [3]

Swinton Byrne's first film role was a non-speaking cameo in her mother's 2009 film I Am Love as a younger version of her mother's character, Emma.[4] Her first starring role is in The Souvenir, a semi-autobiographical film directed by Joanna Hogg in which she stars as Julie, a film school student who embarks on a relationship with an older man.

As of March 2011, Swinton Byrne lived in Nairn, overlooking the Moray Firth in the Highland region of Scotland, with her brother, mother and her mother's partner Sandro Kopp, a German painter.[5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2009 I Am Love Young Emma Recchi Credited as Honor Byrne
2019 The Souvenir Julie
2021 The Souvenir Part II
2023 Drift Helen Anthony Chen
TBA Fuze TBA Filming

Television

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2019British Independent Film AwardsMost Promising NewcomerThe Souvenir
Florida Film Critics Circle AwardsPauline Kael Breakout Award
2020Columbus Film Critics AssociationBreakthrough Film Artist
London Critics Circle Film AwardsYoung British/Irish Performer of the Year
National Film Awards UKBest Newcomer
Newport Beach Film FestivalBrit to Watch

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sawer . Patrick . Father of Tilda Swinton's children denies ménage a trois with her boyfriend . . 3 February 2020 . 22 August 2009.
  2. Web site: How Honor Swinton Byrne's Breakthrough Debut in The Souvenir Became a Family Affair . Eckardt . Stephanie . 14 May 2019 . . 16 August 2019 .
  3. Web site: Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton appeals to Scottish Government to save school. . 7 January 2019 . . 16 August 2019 .
  4. Web site: Swinton overlooked daughter at first for starring film role . . 12 February 2019 . . 16 August 2019 .
  5. Web site: Graeme Thomson. theartsdesk Q&A: Artist/Dramatist John Byrne. 19 March 2011. 16 August 2019.