Oscar winning actor Hilary Swank announced her pregnancy with husband Phillip Schneider. The actor confirmed that they are expecting twins. 

“This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time and my next thing is I’m gonna be a mom, and not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it.” exclaimed Swank while on her GMA interview.

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Who is Hilary Swank?

Hilary Ann Swank was born on July 30, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Judy Kay and Stephen Michael Swank. Her mother was a secretary and dancer, while her father was a Chief Master Sergeant in the Oregon Air National Guard  who later became a travelling salesman. 

She spent most of her childhood in Bellingham, Washington. She attended Happy Valley Elementary School, Fairhaven Middle School and Sehome High School in Bellingham until she turned 16. 

Swank was also a gifted gymnast as a child, as she competed in the Junior Olympics and the Washington state championships in swimming, and she ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.  

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Her parents got divorced in 1990, after which Swank and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where Swank could pursue her dream of becoming an actor. 

In the beginning of her career, she starred in guest roles on TV shows such as Harry and the Hendersons, Evening Shade, and Growing Pains. She made her film debut in Kristy Swanson starrer Bucky The Vampire Slayer (1992), where she played the role of a high school student. 

She played the title character in the film, ‘The Next Karate Kid’. Unfortunately, the film did not perform well at the box office. Swank was the cast member of the tv series Beverly Hills, before she was casted as Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry. She was highly praised for her role as American suffragist Alice Paul in the TV movie Iron Jawed Angels (2004).

Swank drastically transformed herself for her role in Clint Eastwood starrer Million Dollar Baby. She later acted in successful films such as The Black Dahlia (2006), Freedom Writers (2007), P.S. I Love You (2007), Amelia (2009), The Resident (2011) and The Homesman (2014).

She has been honoured with two Academy Awards, both for best actress for films Million Dollar Baby and Boys Dont Cry. 

Swank has been married two times. She wed her co actor Chad Lowe on September 28, 1997 but they divorced later on. She announced her engagement to Rubben Torres, a financial advisor with UBS and former professional tennis player in March of 2016 but later called off the engagement. 

She married her current partner Phillip Schneider on August 18, 2018.