FACTBOX - Five facts about Tilda Swinton
(Reuters) - Following are five key facts about Tilda Swinton, who won best supporting actress on Sunday for her role as a ruthless corporate attorney in the legal thriller "Michael Clayton."
-- Swinton, 47, was born on November 5, 1960, in London.
-- Born into a patrician Scottish military family, Swinton attended West Heath Girls' School, with Princess Diana as one of her classmates.
-- Well-known for being drawn to experimental fare, Swinton has taken various gender-bending roles like Mozart on stage and a nobleman in the film "Orlando" (1992).
-- "The Deep End" in 2001 broadened her fame with American audiences and critics, followed by other Hollywood roles including the White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in 2005.
-- Swinton lives with long-term partner, the playwright and painter John Byrne, the father of their twins, in the Scottish Highlands, but has also been romantically linked by tabloid newspapers with younger German-born artist Sandro Kopp.
(Reporting by Sue Zeidler, Editing by Peter Henderson)
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