Honor Swinton Byrne (born 6 October 1997) is a British actress and daughter of

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

John Byrne and actress

Tilda Swinton Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to ...

. Swinton Byrne had a cameo role in the 2009 film '' I Am Love'', and stars in the

Joanna Hogg Joanna Hogg (born 20 March 1960) is a British film director and screenwriter. She made her directorial and screenwriting feature film debut in 2007 with ''Unrelated'' followed by ''Archipelago'' (2010) and ''Exhibition'' (2013). Two of her film ...

films ''

The Souvenir ''The Souvenir'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Joanna Hogg. A semi-autobiographical account of Hogg's experiences at film school, it stars Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke and Tilda Swinton. ''The Souvenir'' had its world premie ...

'' (2019) and its sequel ''

The Souvenir Part II ''The Souvenir Part II'' is a 2021 drama film, drama film, written and directed by Joanna Hogg. It is a sequel to ''The Souvenir'' (2019). It stars Honor Swinton Byrne, Jaygann Ayeh, Richard Ayoade, James Spencer Ashworth, Harris Dickinson, Charl ...

''.

Early life

Swinton Byrne was born in the

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the ...

, London, on 6 October 1997. Her father is the Scottish

John Byrne, and her mother is the

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. 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 The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

and attended Drumduan School,

Forres Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...

, an independent

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school based on the philosophy of

Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a ...

co-founded by her mother in 2013. 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. Her first starring role is in ''

'', a semi-autobiographical film directed by

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 Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradit ...

, overlooking the

Moray Firth The Moray Firth (; Scottish Gaelic: ''An Cuan Moireach'', ''Linne Mhoireibh'' or ''Caolas Mhoireibh'') is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotl ...

in the

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

region of Scotland, with her brother, mother and her mother's partner

Sandro Kopp Sandro Kopp (born 1978) is a German–New Zealand visual artist based in Scotland. His work deals with the concept of "mediated presence" and explores the intersection of classical painting and digital technology. Biography Kopp grew up in Ger ...

, a German painter.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinton Byrne, Honor Living people Scottish actresses 1997 births People from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Anglo-Scots Actresses from London