Hillary Swank.The warm, thoughtful actress has the distinction of winning two Best Actress Academy Awards for two transformative performances.
Swank exploded onto the indie scene in 1999 with her portrayal of transgender man Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry, for which she picked up her first trophy.
She repeated the feat in 2004 with Million Dollar Baby, playing a female boxer.Related: ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at 20: director Kimberly Peirce reflects on a classicNow Swank conquers space with another physical role: that of Captain Emma Green, the astronaut tasked with leading the first manned mission to Mars in the new Netflix series Away.