Two-time Academy Award winning actor Hilary Swank on morning television program ‘Good Morning America’ announced that she and husband Philip Schneider are expecting twins. The 48-year-old said that she is ‘preparing for the biggest role of her career’. 

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Swank, who starred in Million Dollar Baby in 2004, in her GMA interview on Wednesday added that she is also gearing up for her return to network TV with ABC’s Alaska Daily.

“I’m going to be a mom — and not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it. It’s so nice to be able to talk about it and share it,” Swank said.

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Swank married Schneider in 2018. The actor also spoke about her pregnancy on Live with Kelly and Ryan.

“I’m feeling great right now, even with the time — you know, I’m on Pacific time, so I’m a little cross-eyed with that. But I’m feeling good right now,” she said. 

Alaska Daily premieres Thursday, October 6, at 10 PM ET on ABC. It is created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom McCarthy.

Talking about the show, Swank said that she and McCarthy had a meeting and he sent her a 2019 article called Lawless by Kyle Hopkins. It was ‘about true crimes in Alaska’. 

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“It was eye-opening, horrifying — all things at once, things you can’t believe are happening. I want to shine a bright light on these issues, especially the missing [and] murdered Indigenous women that, I mean, no one’s doing anything about. It’s an extra responsibility, you know, to do justice for the underdogs, for the underserved,” she added. “It’s just something that I’m passionate about,” she said. 

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Swank plays Eileen on Alaska Daily. She is a New York journalist who moves to Alaska to work for a daily newspaper in Anchorage. 

“As an actor, I’m searching for the truth in my characters,” Swank said.